THE GERMAN AUTOMATIC DISPENSE!?
OF QUICK REPASTS.
The Slot Principle Applied to Jtestaoraats.
No Walters to Fee or to Swear At A
Good I,tinck Sasket Scheme Used on
German Hallways.
Germany is showing the rest of the
"world how "quick lunches" may be
served without employing waiters and
how a hungry person may havo jusi
what he wants to eat and drink at a
fixed price without paying an extra tip
and without feeling himself called
upon, no matter how particular he may
be, to find fault with the service unless
he is satisfied to make his complaint to
a. mechanical contrivance, which differs
from some waiters in so far that it
snakes no pretense of caring a rap 01
the turn of a handle how uncomfortable
or how badly served the hungry one
may be. The contrivance, which has
been perfected by the Quisicana compa
ny of Berlin is so perfectly arranged
that even those people who object to
the manner of washing the cups and
plates in the ordinary quick lunch
places are deprived of their cause foi
complaint because every customer may
supervise tho cleaning of the cup which
ho will use, and if ho is so inclined may
attend to the duty himself.
The quick lunch stands are provided
with automatic spraying nozzles foi
. cleaning glas3 and china and insuro per
fect cleanliness. No rubber tubing is
used to conduct liquids, silver tubes be
ing employed for the purpose. The serv
ice is run by clockwork.
In place of tho ordinary counter there
are sets of ornamental cabinets ranged
along one sido of the room, which have
a shelf projecting at a convenient
height, upon which glasses and cups are
placed. Abovo these there are faucets
and a number of slots to receivo the
coin. When tho customer has decided
what sort of a drink he wants coffee,
tea, chocolate or beef tea he drops the
coin in the slot and receives the regula
tion quantity. The cold drinks lemon
ade, soda water and all sorts of ' 'soft
drinks" are kept in glass vessels and
the hot drinks in nickel tanks surround
ed by a hot'water bath, which is heated
by gas.
But tho establishment is not limited
to drinks, and the hungry man may
also be served. Sandwiches and cakes
are kept in a glass stand, circular in
shape, which is covered with a glass
bell. Each bell contains about a dozen
sandwiches, and the purchaser indicates
his-choice by dropping his coin into the
slot opposite tho kind ho wants, and tho
stand revolves sufficiently to bring his
sandwich to an opening where he may
take it out. Stands similarly arranged
provide hot beef, chicken and other
meats.
The quick lunch is nothing new in
Germany, though, as any person will
know who has made a railroad trip be
tween Berlin and Copenhagen by way
of Warnemnnde. A-man who made the
trip several years ago said:
"We were coming back from Den
mark and stopped at a little place on
tho German frontier at about neon.
Everybody was hungry, and the Ameri
can contingent was disappointed when
tho cpnductor shouted, 'Fuuf niimiteu
aufenthalt.' We knew that fivo minutes
would not give us time for a meal, and
we lost no time in leaving the coach as
soon, as it was unlocked. Everybody
rushed pellmell into tho restaurant,
where a lot of wiro things that looked
liko old fashioned rattraps were piled
up. Everybody grabbed a trap, paid
about 25 cents for it and rushed back to.
the train.
"What looked like a trap was really
an ingeniously contrived lunch basket
having three compartments. In one was
an ample portion of chicken; the next
" contained sandwiches, and the third a
dainty piece of pastry and a small bot
tle of vine, over which a little drink
ing glass was fastened. Little salt and
pepper shakers and a knife and fork
were fastened to tho sides, and tho
whole was covered with a Japanese pa
per napkin. Tho fact that we were all
hungry and that the whole arrangement
was unexpected may have had some
thing to do with our enjoyment of the
luncheon, but it was agreed that it was
the most perfect of the 'quick' kind we
had ever seen. The bottom of the wire
lunch basket was covered with a piece
of glass, and a paper beneath it bore the
request in German, French and English
to leave the empty baskot with the train
hand." Managers of quick lunch places say
that ho automatic restaurant woulc
iip be patronized sufficiently to make i
pay in New York.
"Thomain pbject pf the automata
arrangement, V said pne, "is tp do away
with waiters and save tho outlay on
that account. Wo have accomplished
that "end by making every man his own
waiter, and I believe that breakage in
machines, falling off in trade and coun
terfeit coins would mcke a change from
our present system to the automatic an
expensive experiment As to the quick
lunches for travelers on railway trains,
much can be done, and no one know
that better than the traveler who is
compelled to make a meal of what he
can buy "from the dealer in pies, apples
and sandwiches who hawks his wares
through the cars. The buffet and the
dining cars have reduced his field of
' operation, but he is "still in business;
' "selling the same old sandwiches to the
people 'who cannot afford to ride in
drawing room cars, and fp them the
quick' Junph on the plan of those which
(hey iayo in some parts of Europe would
- - o a blessing, "-ffew York Tribune,
.High Priced Proofreader,
- The chief proofreader of the London
g - Tinios is Cambridge graduate, who
r- has a salary of 1,000, or $5,000; but,
then, he is a great scholar, not only in
the-English language, but in all ancient
and other tongues, not excepting Asiatic
ones. He is permitted to query and sug-
gest-excisions or additions to the work
of writers and editors.
' it.i f ttt.1
"What was that fracas up at the opera
house last night?" asked Bonaparte. :
hThiug muchl" said Sliakes-
peare,- "Captain Kidd had to be ejects
'ed'iSat's'alL- He insisted xipoh coming
O'Txn-atihalf price because, ho said, he was
if, lA-KIdd. ! Harper's, Bazap
Ttawdbln DcflcleHCT.
; J6ncs-Mrsl Robinson is an ideal
wife. She says nothing and saws wood.
Smith Does she bring it in? New
York Sunday Journal
UNCLE SAM'S AUCTION SALE.
Annual Disposal of the Accnmnlations of
the Bead letter Office.
One of the queerest "institutions"
of the national capital is the annual
clearance sale of the dead letter office,
in which avast accumulation of articles
gone astray in tho mails is sold to the
highest bidders. The auction house
where it is held is continually crowded,
with excited men, women and children,
and beside it the bargain counters dur
ing the holidays are as havens of rest,
for when Uncle Sam goes into the junk
shop business great things are expect
ed. As in the church fair raffle, you
pay a small amount of money and trust
to luck to get back more than its valua
The articles, previously listed in a
wholesale sort of way, are tied up in
bundles of from three to a half dozen
and "auctioned" for what they will
bring, the average bids ranging between
10 cents and a dollar.
Nobody is permitted to examine the
goods before purchasing, and no money
is refunded to tho dissatisfied. Every
body hopes to pull a genuine plum from
the pie-in the shape of a diamond ring,
a silk dress pattern or a silver teapot,
and although comparative blanks are
the rule, there is always the possibility
of a prize. For example, the auctioneer
holds up one of these odd shaped bun
dles, listed "pictures, underwear, mu
sic, cigars.". Going going gone for
90 cents to a dapper young gentleman
who was caught by the word "cigar. "
He opens it on the sport an unwise
thing to do if one objects to good natured
ridicule and this is what he finds: Six
cigars, broken into bits with so strong
a" odor that one wonders how a sledge
hammer could have done it; underwear
a female 10 cent "jersey;" pictures
a collection of newspaper cuts designed
for amusement of some small child.
The lot would be dear at a quarter and
is of no use to tho buyer.
In the dead letter office proper that
chamel house which swallows nearly
half a million missives every month it
is positively harrowing. More than 40
bushels of photographs havo accumu
lated there, awaiting the annual crema
tion. There are tresses of hair enough
to stuff a dozen mattresses, grandmoth
ers' silver locks and babies' golden curls,
inany no doubt cut from dead brows,
and small sums of money which poor
workmen send home to feed their wives
and little ones, and servant girls save
from their scanty wages for needy par
ents gone to Uncle Sam's rich purse,
not because tho United States wants it,
but because the senders' writing or or
thography was beyond mortal ken. It is
hard to realize that in this laud of
schools, at the close of the nineteenth
century, there are so many people so
ignorant or so careless as to send several
millions of letters a year without stamps
or addresses or with addresses which no
man cau make out People seem to be
so intent on what goes into the letters
that they forget all about the superscrip
tion. It is estimated that 4,500,000 in
drafts and 80,000,000 in cash is receiv
ed every year through dead letters. In
dianapolis Journal.
COST OF A TRAIN.
The Expense and Profits of Travel on
English Hallway Lines.
How many people who travel in trains
ever think of the cost of running them?
It will probably surprise most people
who have traveled from London to Ed
inburgh to know that every mile of the
journey costs the railway company over
half a crown. The cost of the whole
journey from the English to tho Scotch
capital is 50.
The average cost of running a train
in England is 2s. 7d. per mile, so that,
the fare being reckoned at Id. per mile,
a train with less than SI passengers for
each mile is run at a less. There are
few trains, however, that do not carry
more than this number of passengers,
and many of them carry the number
doubled many times over. It is neces
sary frequently to run trains that do not
pay usually in thinly inhabited coun
try districts but for every train run at
a loss probably 100 are run at an enor
mous profit
Take, for instance, the journey from
London to Edinburgh, which costs the
railway company 50. The average
number of "through" passengers in
these trains is probably 60, in which
case the total fares wonld bo nearly
100 a clear gain of nearly 50. When
it is remembered that these trains run
several times a day, and every day in
tho year, it will be understood what an
enormous revenue a single line yields in
the course of 12 months. Supposing the
average number of passengers tp be 60,
tho midnight train from London to Edr
inburgh yields over 20,OQQ fpr divi
dend in a year!
The longest railway journey in the
United Kingdom would probably be
from Penzance, in Cornwall, to Thurso,
in tho north of Scotland, a distance of
over 1,000 miles. A train running be
tween these two places would exhaust
an ordinary clerk's salary for a whole
year, the cost being no less than 138.
London Tit-Bits.
To Grotv Teeth.
A Moscow dentist has solved the
problem of supplying the human moutli
with false teeth which will grow into
the gums as firmly as natural ones. Dr.
Zamensky has performed several suc
cessful operations on dogs as well as
human beings. The teeth are made of
gutta percha, porcelain or metal, as the
case may be.
At tho root of the false tppth hples
are made. Holes are alsp made upv.-ard
intp thejaw.. The tooth, is then placed
n the cavity. In a short timo a soft,
granulated growth finds its way from
the patient's jaw into the holes in the
tooth. This growth gradually hardens
and holds the tooth in position.
It is stated that itoes not matter
whether the cavity in which the tooth
is to be placed is one from which a nat
ural tooth has been recently drawn or
whether it has been bealed for some
years. Moscow Letter.
This invaluable remedy is one that
ought to be in every house hold. It will
cure your rheumatism, neuralgia,
cnrniriK. flnta. bruises, burns, frosted feet
and ears, sore throat, and sore chest.
- i i i. :t- .11 :.
it you nave a iame uuu& ii vm uuio iu.
Tt.npnftt.rates to the seat of the disease.
It will cure stiff joints and. contracted
muscles after all other remedies have
failed Thoee who have been oripples
for years have used Ballards Snow Lin
iment and thrown away their crutches
and been able to wane as well as ever.
Tt will mire von. Price 50 cents. Sold
by North Platte Pharmacy, J C Bush,
Manager, a
UNSPOKEN.
When yoa owe a fellow money.
It is always kind of f nniiy
How you'd just a little rather that yon didn't
chance to meet.
Of course you mean to pay it,
And you know ho wouldn't say it
If he even got to thinking you a trifle indis
creet. You know he -wouldn't bone you
For tho temporary loan you
Unthinkingly asserted you would very prompt
ly pay;
But, though cordially you greet him,
It is truo you never meet him,
But you -wonder if he's thinking of tho things
ho doesn't say.
Though you grasp his hand with ardor,
Though you grip it hard and harder,
You'll still be sadly conscious of a something
in between,
Of a something intervening,
Of the -which you guess the meaning.
For you know it's but the spirit of the cash ho
hasn't seen.
Chicago Journal.
MY LUCKY FIND.
I was almost in despair.
What a lot of trouble I have brought
on myself for my goodnature! Police
investigations and reports, annoyance,
chagrin, perhaps, at the outcome. Yes,
it was enough to make a man swear!
And the cause of it all was Baby
Mouse, hapless Baby Mouse! But, be
fore you, dear reader, will understand
why Baby Mouse should be to blame you
will want to know who he is. It's a
strange story, and yet sweet and tender
withal. And it ends well that's its
best part.
Three months ago I was coming homo
with the evening shades. It was bitter
'cold, and I rejoiced in anticipation of
my cozy, warm home and tho simple,
dainty meal which my old housekeeper,
Johanna, knew how to prepare so well.
I was lost in just such comfortable
bachelor reverie, when I descended from
the L road to wend my way toward my
little Washington Heights home. I
walked rapidly and Eoon reached there.
Opening tho iron gate that led into the
tiny garden patch in front cf the house,
I saw a small package lying on the fro
zen snow.
"A present from somebody," I said
half aloud, stooped and picked up my
find. My hands, a bit numb with cold,
despite my fleece lined gloves, had
scarcely grasped the bundle when it be
gan to kick and squirm. Nor was that
all. It raised such lusty howls that my
neighbors' windows flew up, and they
stuck out their heads to see what it
meant.
It would have done me good to see my
face just then in a convenient mirror.
All tho nursery tales of crybabies and
bewitched castaways camo to my mind
with a rush. I felt liko depositing the
lively packet in the place where I had
found it, but that would havo been
cruel.
Aye, it would havo been worse than
murder to leave such a little mite out
in tho open with the thermometer at 10
above zero. I had no desire to make the
acquaintance of the state attorney.
But, better than all, great pity swelled
my heart for tho unfortunate creature
whom loveliness had cast away, and as
fast as I could run with my burden I
ran into the house. Johanna met mo in
the dcor.
"Sec what I have brought you," 1
said, with a laugh.
The good woman gazed with horror
on the squirming, shaking babe and held
out her hands.
"Doctor, what does it mean?" she
gasped.
"It means, Johanna, that for the next
few days you are going to bathe and
feed and fondle this little waif, just as
you did mo once upon a time. "
And then I told her the story of how
I had found Baby Mouse.
In the lamplight I examined tho little
foundling, and Johanna, too, looked
him over with critical eyes. Ho was a
jolly little youngster, 8 months old per
haps, with chubby face, eyes as blue as
a summer sky and lips that soon took
on cherry hue, as their blue, pinched
look died away in the genial warmth of
the room and Johanna's embraces that
alternated with mine,
Johanna brought out fresh linen, ar
ranged a bed and bathed and washed
tho foundling. Tucking him comforta
bly away in an improvised crib, she
gave him a bottle filled with milk, and,
when he had appeased his hunger, ho
fell into a peaceful slumber. I kissed
the baby's brow and said to Johanna:
' 'I am going to report that case to
the police in the mprning, and I'll ask
them to let me keep the little one until
his relations are heard from,"
Johanna gave me an amazed look.
MMy life is so lonely," I continued,
"he may bring some color into it!" I
may have sighed as I walked away.
"You haven't forgotten, doctor," an
swered the good woman, "no matter
how hard you've tried!"
Next day I went to the chief of po
lice. Ho recorded tho case and had no
objection to my keeping the baby. This
is the way I came into possession of a
lovely and beautiful child. Johanna and
I decided to call him Bobert, but his
pet name Baby Mouse was older
than that, and it clung to him.
And now you know who Mouse
Nobody ever came to claim hini, and
my heart opened to the tender waif as
it had never opened before.
Mouse, of course, was treated like a
king. Now and then Johanna would
say, "You are spoiling the child, dpc;
tor!" But she was as weak as. I with
regard to Mouse.
He grew and prospered like a flower
in the sunshine of our love and was the
lustiest youngster on tho block.
But there must be rainy days as welL
One day Mouse was taken ill, and be
fore night wo knew that he had been
attacked with diphtheria. With flaming
cheeks and trembling hands he lay in
his crib, and I bent over him with
breaking heart. Long nights of anxious
watching followed. At last care and
tender nursing drove death from the
door, and the doctor told me that tho
danger was passed. But another blow
came severer even than Mouse's illness.
My old faithful servant had caught the
infection and had to take to her bed.
There I was, a helpless man, with an
ill woman and a convalescent babe pii
my hands.
Surely it was a desperate situation,
4 engaged a trained nurse to wait on
the sick, but I could not expect her to
look after me too. Tho little comforts
to which I had been accustomed dropped
away one by one.
"If only my wife was herel"
My wife!
Yes, I had been married in fact, I
was still married. And this, too, is a
strange story.
My wife was an only child, spoiled
by rich and indulgent parents. When I
took her to my modest home, I discov
ered that she had many little faults
all women have and I thought I could
wean her away from them. The big
faults, of course, I was willing to con
done, for they were part of the bargain.
My wife was a bit gay, a bit frivolous,
a bit stubborn and a bit too fond of
dress. But I loved her with all my
heart, and she loved me. And because I
loved her I endeavored to euro her of
these little imperfections.
It was a difficult piece of work. Sharp
words wero spoken on one side, tears
shed on the other, and the upshot of the
matter was that one day my wife left
me and returned to her parents. They
wrote me a long letter, expressing re
gret that my wife could not live with
me and advising that wo had better
separate.
I might have applied for a divorce,
but could not bring myself to do it, and
the other side took no steps for a. legal
separation.
My life became dreary and sad, and!
believe I -was on the short road to hypo
chondria. Mouse camo just in the nick of time
and saved me from that fate. I gave
him all my love, and he was all the
world to me.
But my present dilemma was duo to
tho coming of tho littlo castaway.
"Mouse, Mouse," I said more than
once, "what have you done?"
There wero days when I dreaded to
go liome two sickbeds, nothing to eat
for myself; forsooth, a cheerless, louely
home.
When I sat down by Johanna's bed,
she tried to console me as best sho could,
"but her cheerful words fell upon deaf
ears. . i
Ono evening in March I again wend
ed my way homeward. I thought of
Mouse, of Johanna, of the trained nurse,
and was in the worst possible humor.
Opening tho door with my latchkey, I
hung my overcoat on the rack and made
more noise than was necessary in tak
ing off my rubber shoes. I went' into tho
dining room, and
Had Johanna been prowling about in
spite of the doctor's express orders to
remain in bed? The tea steamed over
tho alcohol lamp. There were fresh bread
and golden butter, ham, cold roast beef;
the eveuing .papers were nicely stacked
on one side; on the other, my box of ci
gars, tho ash tray and tho matches.
Just as Johanna was wont to arrange
things in the good old days, before hap
less Mouse interfered.
I went into tho next room, where
Mouse was kept. The lamplight was
muffled, but in the semi darkness I rec
ognized the form of the trained nurse,
bending over the baby's crib.
"The trained nurse! Was I dream
ing? I knew that head, with the dain
tily molded cheek, the rich blond hair,
gracefully arranged at the back.
I had kissed it many times. A step,
and I was near her. ' 'Anna!" I cried.
"My wife!"
I caught her in my arms. She pressed
her head to my breast and whispered:
"Richard, forgive me!"
It was not a dream. It was sweet re
ality. Again the lovely woman in my
arms whispers:
"Can you forgive me, Richard?"
I can only kiss her Ogaiu and again
and listen to tho story of her coming.
Johanna had written her in what a
plight I was. She had told her about
the coming of Mouse, tho child's illness
and her own, and my helpless condition
in the face of all this trouble. And then
Johanna had lectured her about the
great virtue of forbearance and other
wholesome truths with regard to the
married life of two people who in reali
ty loved each other.
Tho old woman's words went straight
to Anna's heart She came, and I held
her in my arms and begged her to stay
forever.
By this time Mouse had been aroused
from his peaceful slumber. When he
saw me, he stretched out his little arms,
and I tcok him and laid him into those
of my wife.
"Will you be a mother to him?" I
asked.
"I will love him as you do," an
swered the sweet woman-by my side.
And thus peace has once more come in
to my house.
And the cause of it all was Mouse.
Blessed Mouso! From the German
For St. Louis Republic,
Our yorefathew Books.
In the course of some remarks at the
Loudon dinner to Poynter, the acad
emy's president, Conan Doyle said: "It
is difficult now to realize the avidity
with which our forefathers fell upon a
good, solid book. For them there were
no book stalls crammed with cheap lit
erature, no littlo pirating magazines,
containing the looted spoils of a dozen
goodly books. Consequently they had
timo to absorb a book, so that it be
came part of their mind and soul. We
could not put back tho clock and make
books rarer. We would not if we could.
But it would not be-a bad thing now
and again if we went into a retreat for
a mouth or a year and swore off all
ephemeral literature and turned back to
the classics of our language."
Evident.
Reporter Did you find out tho cause
of.that suicide this afternopn?
Officer McGobb Yist sor. It wor a
rope. Indianapplis Journal.
jnoliDuzzers..
Women who are so pronounced in
their aversion to men who assiduously
read newspapers in street cars while
women are standing ought to know that
the men who read papers while standing
are by far the more dangerous class.
There is a class of thieves, technically
known . as mollbuzzers, who always
operate in street cars through tho medi
um of newspapers. They work in pairs.
The accessory pretends to be so absorbed
in his newspaper that he does not notice
that it strikes the chin of a man near
him and covprs his scarfpin while the
principal dexterously makes away with
the pin. At other times the interested
reader allows ono Eheet of the ppper to
cover the lap of a woman, who has her
pocketbopk therc and ho pocketbpok
hereupon" disappears. Philadelphia.
Record
A Strategic failure,
'Did I ever tell you how I got licked
in school once?"
"No."
"Well, I get it. You see, half a dozen
of us boy3 arranged to jump on tho
teacher at a given signal, and"
"You were the only one that jump
ed?" "Exactly!" Chicago Record.
Cakt Regarding Stage Setting.
We hear a great deal of cant talked
by those -who insist that tho ideal stage
setting should be a green baize, whose
decoration should consist of placards in
scribed, "This is a street," "This is a
house," "This is heaven." In all this
there seems to me something of affecta
tion. If Shakespeare's poetry could bo
better or more reverently illustrated by
such means, I would say, "Take away
those baubles of scenery, of costume and
of archsDlogical accessories." It was all
very well for David Garrick to appear
in a powdered tie wig, a Georgian coat
and silk stockings when he was imper
sonating the Thane of Cawdor, but ho
created tho effect (which undoubtedly
ho did create) not by virtue of the in
correctness of his costume, but in spite
of it. The greater knowledge of historic
al periods possessed by our theatergoers
of today, the increased sense of humor,
tho demand for luxury, require general
and detailed illusion in tho appoint
ments of the stage, and to deny it to
theatergoers is to be affectedly superior
to one's age and belated in the move
ments of the time. Every artist uses tho
material which his generation places at
his disposal. If the painter lacked paint
and canvas, ho would content himself
with the flagstone and a piece of chalk;
if tho musician lacked a Stradivarius,
ho would still be returning to tho old
tooth comb. But why complain of tho
canvas, and the paint, and the Stradi
varius? The increase of picturesqueness
in all tho arts, tho complete revolution
in taste as regards houso decoration, the
greater cultivation of the eye all these
have tended to what has been contemp
tuously called tho millinery of thy
drama. Beerbohm Tree in North Amer
ican Review.
Giving 11 1 m Advice.
"I'm not the man to yield weakly oi
without a struggle," declared Writely
as he walked tho floor, intertwining his
long fingers or running them nervously
through his still longer hair.
"I have written poems, essays, plays,
criticisms and stories. I have ranged in
my work from the most profound meta
physics to the veriest rough and tumble
humor of the day. Disposing of politicsd
problems, removing tho clouds of mysti
cism, accounting by natural laws foi
what has been regarded as supernatural,
producing tho mast beautiful conceits
in the realms of romance, writing undei
the inspiration of propitious muses and
showing myself the incarnation of true
wit, I havo dono a vast labor for the
good of humanity and have nothing to
show for it but dusty piles of unaccepted
manuscript. No wonder that ambition
is crushed and 'that tho fruits of my en
deavor seem as the apples of Sodom."
"Brace up, old man," advised his
friend Lcttergo. "You arc not the first
genius to suffer the pangs of tho unap
preciated. Keep plugging away with a
stiff upper lip. Never say die, my man.
Get your name before the public and
make tho people talk about you. I can
havo your name paraded in every news
paper and magazine that you want, pro
vided you follow my advice."
"Commit somo crime, I suppose?"
"No, sir. Advertise your wares.
Blow like a side shew man. Run your
picturo with every advertisement. Pay
in advance, and tho world will learn
for the first time that there is such a
hidden treasure as yourself." Detroit
Free Press.
A Race of Dwarfs. V
The inhabitants of the Andaman is
lands are said to be the smallest race of
people in the world. The average height
of a full grown Andaman is less than 4
feet and the anthropological experts
who recently visited them found but few
that weighed over 75 pounds.
That Banshee's Wail.
There is considerable discussion in
the English papers about the wail of
the banshee which was said to have
been heard in East Kerry before the fa
tal bog moved. A correspondent writes
that the late Archdeacon Whatcly, tho
celebrated archbishop's son, told him of
a certain instance of tho banshee's cry.
Tho archdeacon said that ho distinctly
heard tho wail whilo in an Irish coun
try parish administering the holy com
munion to a dying man.
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 bo 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-
f)lied to the diseased parts, it at once re
ieves and a cure is the sure result of its
continued use. All who suffer with pilea
suffer from Constipation also and Hem
orrhoidine cures both. Price $1 50 . Fer
Sale by Druggists. Will be sent from
the factory on receipt of price. Send to
TiieFosteu Max'f'g Co. Council Bluffs,
Iowa, for testimonials and information.
SOLD BY A. F. STREITZ.
MECCA COMPOUND
So great are its Healing Power
and Pain Relieving Properties as to
seem impossible from a Non-Poisonous
Preparation that con be used
with all freedom. For Burns alone
it is often worth its weight in Gold,
(lives have been saved by its use) and
for healing all kinds of sores its mer
it exceeds all expectations. Prompt
use is most effective and it should be
in every home and workshop. Pre
pared by the Foster Mfg Co.. Coun
cil Bluffs, Iowa. Sold by the trade.
FOR SALE BY A. F. STREITZ.
HUMPHREYS'
WITCH HAZEL OIL
FOR
Piles op riemorrhoicJsv
Fissures & Fistulas,
B.urns&; Scalds.
Wounds. Sc Bruises.
Cuts &; Sores.
Boils & Tumors.
Eczema & Eruptions.
Salt Rheum & Tetters.
Chapped Hands.
Fever Blisters.
Sore I.ips & Nostras.
Corns & Bunions.
Stings & Bites, of Insects.
Three Siz.ts, 23c, 50c. and $1.00.
Boldly, dregglsts, or sent post-paid on receipt of price
OB'HXXXS' X. Cfc, 111 A 11X lfU3 M.,3Tei
fffira T-iEST with a big: 23. Blackwell's Genuine Bullk
EBB f Durham 13 In a class by itself. You will find one L
BK coupon Inside each two ounce bag, and two coa- k
Smoking Tobacco
Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon
whlchgiveaallstofvaluabloprescntsandhowtOBettnem.
s
pring Planting
Fresh Garden and Field Seeds
either in bulk or packages- These seeds come from one
of the most reliable growers in the country and we can
recommend them as fresh. We have also received' our
spring stock of
In the Hardware Line we carry a full stock;
A. F. STREITZ
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
PAINTERS' SXJE3?LI"ES,
WINDOW GLASS, -:- MACHINE OILS
ZDIeiia,n.ta, Spectacles-
13 exrfcsolie A-potlaeke
Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts-
C. F. IDDINGS,
AND GRAIN
Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store.
NORTH : PLATTE
Dr. N. McOABE, Prop., J. E. BUSH, Manager.
isTOHTH: PLATTE, - - nTEB-A-SSZ-A.
We aim to handle tlie Best Grades of
G-oods, sell tb.em at Heasona"ble
Fig-ares, and "Warrant ICverytning
as .Represented..
Orders from the country and along the line of the Union
Pacific railway respectfully solicited.
'.CM
Elder & .Lock's Stable.
Northwest corner Court-house Square.
WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT,
WINDOW GLSS, VARNISHES, GOLD LEAF, GOLD
PAINTS. BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND
FURNITURE POrJlSHES, PREPARED HOUSE AND BUGGY PAINTS,
KALSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES.
j ESTABLISHED JULY 1863. -
will sooa be here and we are ready
to supply you with ......
A. L. DAVIS,
"Who no one owes
ill
PHARMACY
For Fine Rigs
-AT-
Reasonable Prices
GO TO
- - - 310 SPRUCE STREET'