HOIDSTG- PIGEONS.
PROGRESS MADE IN BREEDING AND
TRAINING THESE BIRDS.
Tke Great Eerriee They Kcsaered IHrisr
tfee Siege of JParis The Prices I"r
Xbem la. EIud Easge Fna 85 ta
S380.
Carder pigeons must not be confused
"with touting pigeons. The farmer is a
fancy pigeon, especially prized far the
largeness of its eye and prattles, but
quite useless as a messenger. Both are
cousins of the dragon, but the fancier,
in the case of the carrier, has bred pure
ly for points, color, shape, etc, -while
the homing pigeon fancier cares nothing
for these things. "Rich Hrm it has been
"handsome is as handsome does, " and
stamina "with intelligence hrs been his
aim.
The homing instinct goes back to the
fountain head of all the varieties, the
blue rock itself. The bird, in fact, has
been made and is the product purely of
that game of extermination known as
"the survival of the fittest." The one
thing "which gave the fillip to the sport
was undcubtevJy the siege of Paris.
The French fought and lost one great
battle after another till they were driven
within the iron walls of Paris. Then it
was that the city, entirely surrounded
by the allied forces, found herself cut
of! from all communication with the
outer world. A few patriotic fanciers
offered their birds tc the government,
and so was organized the pigeon post,
by which means the porernment was
kept alive to the doings of the besiegers,
and the besieged could receive commu
nications from their friends outside.
The modus operandi was this: A bal
loon left Paris, taking with it a pannier
of pigeons, and, once clear of the Prus
sian outpests, the haliccnist made his
way for some recognized center.
The messages to be sent to Paris were
then, by means of photography, reduced
so that a page of The Times could ap
pear on a small piece of paper or film
two inches by an inch or so. In this
way a single pigeon was the bearor of
upward of 300 messages, the aggregate
cost of which to the senders was con
siderably over 100. The first three
pigeons carried in this way over 1,000
dispatches- Upward of 115,000 official
and private messages were brought into
Paris by the pigeons, and the records of
the pigeon and balloon service of the
siege of Paris certainly read more like a
romance of the Jules Verne type than
simple historical facts. The services
rendered during the memorable siege
set all the world a-wondering, with the
result that nearly all the governments
of Europe (ocr own being the great ex
ception) at once established military
lofts, whkh have been extended on every
hand and are being pcrfccretL
While the governments thus recog
nized the value of the homing pigeon
far military jfcrpoecs a few stalwart
fanciers in this country discovered a
new medium of sport, with the resui t
that J. W. Logan, M. P., and other
recognized 'fathers of the fancy" im
ported the best lards that Belgium had
to offer, and it is from thesa- birds and
those imported since that the racing
pigeon in this country has been pro
duced. I hare little Iicsit-irion in say
ing that upward cf 2t,CC0 per annum
has been spent during the last 25 years
in purchasing the Les birds, cad that
at prices frcm, say. SO shillings for a
squeaker up to 60 far a proved racer
or stud bird. The first peblie long dis
tance races in this ccun try seem to have
been organized about IS70, and from
that day to the present the homing
pigeon has been gradually clearing its
character of being a public house play
thing, St only far mile to three iaile
sweeps, until cow towns innumerable
and villages throughout the country
have their dying clubs, with a pro
gramme of races starting generally at
about 70 and extending in many in
stances up to 500 miles. Wherever, toe,
the Britisher has gone, there also his
he taken his terrier and homing pigeon,
and we now hear cf the bird as a recog
nized institution in America, India,
South Africa and Australia. So rap
idly has the sport extended in the last
few years that it would seem the next
50 may see the racing of homing pigeons
recognized as the world's great sport.
The great ambition of the northern
fancier is to fly 500 miles in the day.
TSis. up to the present, has not been
accomplished, although birds have been
home well before breakfast the morning
after liberation, having flown upward
of 550 mil re The performance can,
however, readily be done on a favorable
day, and many fanciers in and about
London accomplished the route from
Thurso, 2- B., the winning bird flying
501 miles, with an average velocity of
1,454 yards per minute far the entire
distance. These 500 mile performances
in the day are quite common in Bel
gium, and the distance has also been
covered in America.
You may search the whole annals of
athletic performances or feats of
strength, and, as far as is is possible to
contrast two distinct things, the hom
ing pigeon will go one better than the
best of them. Take this as an everyday
example: Birds are liberated at, say.
Yentnpr, to fly 200 miles into the north
pf England, and the wind is blowing
at the rate of upward of a mile a min
pte dead against them, and yet dozens
of the birds will be in their lofts under
400 minutes. The day may be cold, and
$ sleet storm or two may have to be en
countered, but the result will be the
jiame. If the day is such that the birds
cannot see their way, but have to feel
it, and the wind bloweth from the quar
ter that is neither good fcr man nor
beast, then cornea "the winter of our
discontent;" we shall find the winning
bird's velocity reduced to about 700
yards per minute and have a bare 5 per
cent of the liberated birds heme the
same day. These are the races to be
won, and these are "the good 'uns to j
treed from" and to perpetuate the won- i
derful pluck and sianiiTta of the homing
pigeon. Badminton Jlagazine.
The Discovery Saved Sis Life
Mr. G. Cailfrmette, Druggist. Beavers
vilie UL, says: -To Dr. Kings New
Discovery I owe my life. "Was taken,
with la grippe and tried all the physi
cians for miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told I could not
live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery !
in my store I sent for a battle and be
gan its use and from the first dose be
gan to get better, and after using three
bottles was up and about acain- It is
worth its weight in gold. "We utrat keep
store or house without it-" Get a - free
trial at A. F. Steltz'sdrag store. '2
FEEDING IN AQUARIUMS.
Esse Curious Xethotls Emplcywl 3E"or t
Greater Comfort of the Fishes.
ATI fishes, including even the dnHess
and commonest, are likely to be shy
when first brought into captivity, as in
aquariums, and they are very apt at
first to refuse food. Sometimes fish re
fuse persistently week after week, tak
ing none at all and growing thinner and
thinner and weaker, until finally thy
die. Usually, however, the fishes, with
proper care, come to feed, though many
of them may need to be pampered and
nursed along at first. Finally many cf
the fishes, as they become accustomed
to captivity, get very tame, so that they
will take food from the hand. Some of
the fishes that will do this are fishes
that might not be thought of as feeding
in tins manner. The codfish, for in
stance, will come to the surface after it
has become used to captivity and take a
strip of fish held down to it in the fin
gers, at the same time gulping in with
it noisily a great mouthful of air and
water.
While there is at first necessary for
their welfare not only the greatest care,
but such food only as they have been
accustomed tc in nature or as they like
best, it is in most cases possible later to
switch the fishes off to other things,
with occasional return to their natural
food. Some fishes, however, will eat
only live food, and this must always be
provided for them. .Not infrequently the
food, whatever it may be, must be fed
in some special way to meet the require
ments of individual fishes, and some of
the methods employed are curiocs and
interesting.
Pishes in captivity have fewer op
portunities, oftener they have none
whatever, of lying in ambush for their
prey, and they have far less room for
sweep and action in pursuit. Killies
placed in a pool or tank as food for
larger fishes evade pursuit if they can
and seek the edges of the water, by the
walls or the surface, whither they are
less likely to be followed. Killies will
live for days out of water in properly
dampened mess or seaweed. When first
put beck into the water, they are slug
gish in movement, but they scan re
cover their natural activity.
In feeding live killies it is sot unusu
al to keep them out cf water fcr a time,
so that they may be more easily cap
tured by the fishes they are to be fed to,
which might otherwise be unable to
capture them at alL or which might
get them only at the risk of doing in
jury to themselves by running into the
walls of the tank. Sometimes among
the fishes brought to an aquarium there
may be one that has lost an eye. Saeh
a fish is particularly liable to injury in
pursuit by running into walls oh its
blind side, and to such fishes there are
always fed slow killies, and Ihey are
put into the water on the side on which
the. fish can see.
There is at the aquarium a ha kstell
turtle from the Fowl islands, off the
coast of New Guinea. The hawksbill
eats clams cat up into pieces that it can
handle. It likes killies, but it could not
begin to catch a live kilKe in the quar
ters which it occupies, and at first it
was difficult for it to pick up deed ones.
So the kHhswere fed to it on the point
of a stick. It is doubtful whether fishes
suffer pein from any injary, bur it
would have sepnied like cruelty to im
pale a live Hliie, and o the killies
were killed by the very simple but ef
fective method of throwing them upon
the floor. The greater weight of the
fish is toward the head. That end nat
urally reaches the floor first. The fish is
most sensitive at the nose. The shock
killed the kSlie, and the freshly killed
food was then conveyed to the bawks
btil's mouth by aid of the pointed sdck,
which was withdrawn when the turtle
had set its beak in the food. Now the
hawksbill has become more accustomed
to its quarters, and it eats well and is
able to peck up the killed killies out of
the water.
Sometimes fish are cut into strips,
which, floating down through the wa
ter, may be mistaken for live fish. Some
times such strips are carried down into
a tank upon the tip of a rod and moved
about in the water to attract slow feed
ing fish by their semblance to live small
fish. There are many fishes that can
swallow a fish as big or nearly as big as
themselves. The sculpin and the sea
raven are such fishes. They have very
large heads and proportionately large
mouths. When they are feeling welL
they will, like many other fishes, rise
to the top to get the food as soon as it is
dropped into the water. If one sees a
sea raven or a sculpin rising straight
up through the water in this manner,
with its big mouth wide open, he can
begin to understand how it cocld swal
low a fish as big as itself, for it seems
as if one could see inside of it clear to
its taiL
There are some ashes that have a par
ticular fancy for worms. Far these, if
there is not a suppJy at band, fresh beef
is cut into strips resembling worms.
Xew York Sun.
The Antiquity of 31ac
Our geologists rarely use the term
'quaternary. " By European writers it
is understood to mean the period which
followed the tertiary and includes the
present time. Archsologically it is di
vided into two epochs, the older includ
ing the pre glacial, the glacial and the
postglacial ages, all characterized by a
chipped stone industry, the latter be
ginning with the neolithic culture and
continuing rill now.
Professor Gabriel de Hortillet, in Le
Revue HensueDe of the Paris School of
Anthropology, succinctly explains these
divisions and sets forth with his usual
clearness the typical products and the
fauna which characterize them. He has
found no reason materially to modify
the opinions he advanced in his earlier
works and still maintains that a careful
study of the geological data bearing on
the question, of the antiquity cf man
does not allow us to assign it a mare re
cent date than 230,000 years ago. Sci
ence. Alls Ante It's funny about our old
cat. We can't keep her away from the
poker table.
Mr- Age Nothing strange about
that. Naturally she's looking after the
"kitty." Twinkles.
Heli Chatelain, the traveler in Afri
ca, says that among the 200,000,000 of
people in the dark continent 50,000,000
are slaves.
It takes two to make a bargain, but
it's only one that gets it. LondcnPi-garo.
tifeasd the Select.
The men who utilize the corner gro
' eery for a ciubroom in the evening and
en stormy days had just been discussing
! a fax hunt about which one of their
number had read aloud, when the con-
veissrion naturally took a reminiscent
; turn.
! 'cthins cuter or more csnning in
j the world than a for. " said' Gcggs by
! way of introduction. "I remember one
' night when I was a boy that we heard
' -a great fuss among the dogs that were
1 chained up. It took us about half an
hour to get dressed and armed to sally
forth for the purpose of investigating.
Not discovering anything, we loosened
. the dogs, and they darted off on a trail,
veltKnc: as they went. We didn't know
' whether it was man or varmint, but j
after a long run the dogs bronght up at ;
the hen house and tried to tear it down. i
! Well, sir, an old fox had deliberately j
! showed himself to the dogs so as to ex- ;
' cite them, made that run while were j
j were getting ready for trouble, and, dr- .
; cling around, was robbing the roost j
; while the dogs were off the premises. " 1
1 "I waked up one moonlight night," i
volunteered the mnn on the wood box, '
"and seen a fax under an apple tree j
where a fat pullet was roosting. I knew
the thief couldn't climb, so I just stood
at the window laughing. The fox bark- j
1 ed to wake the chicken and then-began j
circling around the tree, slow at first, J
but going faster and faster. Of course i
the terrified pullet followed him with
her eyes and got so dizzy that she fell
Gut of the tree."
1 "I see omethia like that once," said
the lank individual on s point keg,
"only that the chicken I was watchin
j wrung its own neck 'cause the fox was
I coin so denied fast."
! Then, by common consent, the crowd
' took up the subject of floods. Detroit
Free Press.
The Wily Photographer.
There is a photographer oa the North
Side who not only furnishes waists and
wigs for his sitters, but ideas a3 weiL
A woman went to his studio the other
day with a thin, serawny baby and
wanted it photoerapfeed.
"A dozen cabinet pictures, in your
best style,' she said.
The phctographer leoked at the baby
and shook his head.
"Wait until he gets welL He's too
puny now."
4 'Bat I want to send them home to
the old country, and I must have them
at once. Mr friends there are expectis;
them."
"nave they ever seen the child?1
asked the photographer.
".Sever. That's why I want to send
them before he's too aid."
"Are thoy ever likely to see him."'
continued the man.
"To, they aint. But Idon't see whai
that has got to do with his sitting for
his picture. "
"I've got a scheme," said the artist,
as he regarded the child with a critical
eye. "Here's a dozen cabinets of a beau- j
tiful, plump baby, just what yours will j
be later on, and if you are willing you j
can have them at the same price and j
nobody will ever know the difference.
They will be a credit to me as well as
to you."
The mother was delighted, for as the
photographer urged, "one baby is a
good deal like another," and a picture
of ideal beauty was suhstituted as it
had often fceen before for the plain
original, and it is by no means likely
that the distant friends will ever know
any difference. Chicago Tribune.
The duck eggs produced ia this coun
try amount prbimhly to less than one- i
half cf 1 per cent of the total egg pro-
ducrion. Still, there are soM in the !
course cf the season a great many thou-
sand cuck eggs. The season is brief, '
lasting practically only about two ,
months, from IMarch 1 to ilay 1, and !
the larger proportion cf the eggs come
in the first 45 - days of that period. ;
Among the wholesale egg dealers of '
jhew i orr there are only tsree or lour ;
that handle deck eggs largely.
About two-thirds cf the duck eggs
brought to this market come from the
shores of Chesapeake bay, the rest main
ly from Virginia and from New Orleans.
Duck eggs sold in the west come more
largely from the south. Baltimore eggs,
which include eggs from along the
Chesapeake bay, are the best. Snch eggs
bring at wholesale 5 to S cents a dozen
more than eggs from farther soath.
At retail duck eggs sell for ahout
twice as much as bens' eggs. Weight j
for weight they sell for about the same, j
the duck eggs being so much larger, i
They are used for the same purposes as 1
hens' eggs. They are bought mainly by j
TvrrrVW of ftrrpifn hirrh '
There is a market for all the duck
eggs produced. New York Sun.
Carrjinjr Out T retractions.
There was a young man whose social
education had been somewhat neglected,
and it chanced that he received an invi
tation to a church wedding.
The morning cf the ceremony found
him quite excited, and he started for the
ehureh some time before, as he would
have said, "the show was billed to come
off."
Under his arm he carried a crre!
bundle, and before he had proceeded far
he met a friend.
'Hello," said the friend, "and where
are you going ail dressed up at this
time in the ra Grains?'"
"Wedding," answered the young man
briefly and proudly.
"Indeed? Going to do some errands
on the way r"
"Certainly not"
"But you're not going to a wedding
with a bundle under your armr'
'Of course I am. That's my present."
"Present! But you don't take your
preseni with you, man. You send it be
forehand.' "That's ail you know abou- it. I've
got a card right here in my pocket, and
the card says, 'Present at she church.' "
Boston Sndset.
SqEIS tiling tO JV2GW-
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
tired oat nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medi
cine is purely vegetables, acts by giving
tone to the nerve centres in the stomach
lently stimulates the liver and kidneys,
and aids these organs in throwing oft
impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters
improves the a petite, aids digestion, and
is pronounced by those who have tried it
as the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try it- So!d for 50c or SL0O per
bottle at A. F. Streitz's drug store. 2
ONLY ONE VORD.
Only ens srcriL. deer to siy to yoa
Before the throve tcrcsts cs 3psr; -
Only one rsanieas to prey to you.
Goddess enshrined ia ar hearse
Only one life, dear, to live for ycc
Win yoxr spent it? It lies at ycer feet.
Only one heart's love to grre- fa,- yon.
Win yen rpign in ths hecrt, ray sweet!
Only cos sasr, desr, to sins -cith yoe,
Siager aad song of yea. blest.
Only cue treasure to hrins trith yon
Tanr heart. What matters the rest!
Only one -word to implore of yen
Word, that isl CbTTVTn't yon, gness?
Only one Trfusper no more of yon.
Say shall that -whisper he "Yes?"
J. L. Heaton in 'The Qufltrag Bee."
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I FAITK IN HUMAN NATURE.
A. Sens- Xorli Cafe That Keposes Implicit
Confidence la Its Customers-
It is rather surprising to find right on
Park row a cafe that trusts its custom
ers perfectly. This place has probably
300 regular callers. It is open day and
night, and is run on a system of im
plicit faith in the honesty of man.
While not a place strictly high class, it
oSers what misnt oe caned, a verv
"comfortable" meal, with trhnrnin;
before or after. Altogether, it is simply
a plain place for an everydayman, with
occasionally a little something extra
on the bill of fare equaling anything in
the city.
This, of course, can be said of hun
dreds of similar places, but the system
of payment is something novel. The
proprietor, a stout German, boasts no
cashier, as there is very little cash to
take in. On the cigar counter is a day
book. The customer comes in, goes to
the ice chest in the earner if he wishes
and takes a quiet nip out cf a black
bottle. Then he orders what he wants
ca the bill of fare. It is gerved quickly
and neatly. He then counts up his own
indebtedness and puts it opposite his
name in the book, including the "nip,
or a cigar, if he prefers that. He then
walks serenely out, knowing no proprie
tor is glaring at him and no cashier
yelling far him to come back and make
the cash register gecd.
This sort of childlike simplicity in
running a business in the very heart of
a city filled with bunkoers, green goods
men and gold bricks without number
is said to be a winning venture. Cus
tomers invariably settle weekly. Friday
and Saturday being pay days, and the
proprietor says he has as yet to lose a
bill through deliberate fraud. A little
experience with a man like that is al
most enough to 'renew one's confidence
in h&maE nature. 2ew York Letter in
Pittstars Lbpatch.
2Ze Sentimentalise In It.
"A boencing beauty frcm the North
Side case in to see me the ether day,"
said a local photcgrapher, "and wanted
to know if I could photograph a docu
ment so tbet the writing would be legi
ble ia the reproduction. I toM her that
I thesght it could be dcae without any
trocbk", and she handed me three letters
to be pbetograpbed. Tlx? missives were
love letters of the most caloric sort and
bore the signature of a well known
young man abeut town.
"When I finished tho job and destroy
ed the negatives at her request, I re
marked that I supposed she was afraid
she might lose the originals and wanted
the chotographs to look at occasionally.
"Xoesense," she said with an em
phatic snap, "I'm through with all such
moonshine. The ink is fading out, and
I don't propose to run the risk of losing
the trump card in a breach of promise
suit." Chicago Times-Herald.
Friends Jjost Thrcash Engagements.
The bosom friend of a young girl is
usually the one" who most resents her
engagement. This chicSy because it de
prives her of her companionship to a
great degree often, indeed, entirely
because a newly engaged girl seems to
have no thought for any one but the
hero of her heart.
Of course, the friend is often a little
to blame, because she absents herself
from the societv of her companion as
much as possible, thereby creating a;
misunderstanding, and the relation of
friend rray drop to mere acquaintance.
The same is often the case with the
man's friends, and it is a well known
fact that many friends of a recently en
gaged man shun him entirely. Why this.
shocM be so is past all comprehension.
London Answers.
Three Sentiment,
Prince Bismarck was once asked by
Count Enzenberg, formerly Hessian en-r
voy at Paris, to write something in his
album. The page on which he had to
write contained the autographs of Gni
?ot and Thiers. The farmer had writ
ten: "I have learned in my long life
two rules cf prudence. The first is to
forgive much; the second is never to
forget." Under this Thiers had said,
"A little forgetting would not detract
from the sincerity of the forgiveness."
Prince Bismarck added, "As forme, I
have learned to forget much and to ask
to he forgiven much. " True Flag.
23xare of Ginnzeats far Catarrh that
coutain Xercnry,
as mercury will surety destroy the" sense
of smell ani completely derange the
v. hole system when entering it through
the raascoes surfaces. Snch articles
s&oeki never be used except on perscrip-
tioss from repeiable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O . contains
oo mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon tbe blood and mncons
serf aces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Care be sure you get the genuine
It is taken internal! . awl mad- in To
ledo, Ohio, by F. " J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price toe per
ottle.
Halt's Easily Puis are the best. 1
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sees i i7oi-ie Skocx a Xoa-Poison-osi
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it & oncn wcrta irswesHtia Gold,
i 'ives kmc- bees ssr-dbrirsnsc; and
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iP-TS
PURE LAKE ICE
I am again in position to supply
the people of North Platte with a
superior quality of ptrre ice frozen
from well -water. It is as clear as
crystal and of good thickness; not
frozen snow and slush. A trial
order will convince yon of its
quality. I have plenty to last
through the season.
WM. EDIS.
RE5S AND PLANTS.
A full line Fecit Trees of Best
Yakikties at -Hard Ttjces Peices.
Small fruits in great supply. Mil
lions of Strawberry Plants, verv thrif tv
and well rooted. Get THE BEST near
home and --ave freight or -xpresg. Send
for price-list to jN'ORTHBEXD XUH
SERIES, North Bend, Dodge CoXeb.
YpkCOX & HAT.T.TGAX,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
JfORTH PLATTE, - XEEEASXA
Offlce OTerKorthKai2raiionflIEani.
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P. DOXAIJDSOX,
Assistant Scrceoo Union Pacific In
ad Vfrrrfrer at Pension Board.
SOETH PLATTE, - XEBEASEJL,
Offee over Streits's Drcs Store.
jg E.XORTHRUP,
DENTIST.
"Room No. 6, Ostenstein Building,
NORTH PIATTE, NEB.
jjlRENCH BALDWIN",
ATT0R2TETS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - 25TEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. NtL Bank.
T.
a PATTERSON,
All HNEY-KT-LJDal,
OSce First National Bank BIdg.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
GEO. NAUMAN'S
SIXTH STREET
T.
Xleats at "wholesale and re
tail. Fish and Game in
season, bausaee at all
nmes. Uash paid tor xiicies-
HUMPHREYS'
No. 1 Cures Fever.
No. 2 " Worms.
No. 3 " Infants' Diseases.
No. 4 " Diarrhea.
No. S " Neuralgia.
No. 9 Cures K.ead ache
No. lO " Dyspepsia.
No. 11 " Delayed Periods.
No. 12 " Leuchorrea.
No. 14 " Skin Diseases.
No. 15 Cures Rheumatism.
No. 16 " Malaria.
No. 20 K Whooping Cough.
No. 27 " Kidney Diseases.
No. 30 " Urinary Diseases
No. 77 " Colds, and Grip.
Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid on
receipt of price, 25c, or 5 for SI.
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I or Diseases "Vnri-yn Pee
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You Need
ICE.
"We have it have plenty of it
and can furnish you any quantity
desired. Our ice is good none
better and we make prompt de
liveries. We solicit your trade, feeling-we
can please you. j
Kelhep 4 Frazier.
Carl Brodbeck,
Fresh Smoked and
Salted Meats.
Having re-opened the City Meat
Market, opposite the Hotel Neville,
I am prepared to furnish customers
with a choice quality of meats of
all kinds.
A share of yoar patronage is re
spectfully solicited.
A Cure for Piles.
"We can assure all who suffer with In
ternal Piles that in Hemorrholdine 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 eraaicated. "Hem
orrhoidine is a harmless compound, can
be used for an eye ointment, yet posess
es such healing power that when ap
Shed to the diseased parts, it at once re
eves and a cure is the si ire result of its
continued use. AH who suffer with piles
suffer from Constipation also and Hem- .
T T TVT A- f T 1
crrnaiaine cures docl- mce $i w. rer i
Sals by Druggists. ) WQl be sent from j
the factarv on" receiot of price. Send to
SOExD BY A. F. S
lKEEEz
D, M. HOGSETT,
GoniFeetoF and ftiildeF, -
AXD AGENT FOR
IDEAL STEEL
PrjlEPIXG
AND POWEK
WINDMILLS,
4-f t, 6-f t. S-f t. 9-f t 10-ft. 12-f t, 14-f t
and 16-ft Wheels back geared.
IDEAL STEED 10 and 12-foot
Wheels in direct stroke,and IDE AJL
STEEL TOWERS.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
U. P. TIME TABLE.
COmG EAST CENTRAL. TIME.
Xo. 2 Fast AIa3 So . m.
No. i Atlantic Express 11:40 p.m.
Xo. 2S Freight 7:00 a. m.
corrcG west yioxrzsxs tuce.
Xo. 1 Limited 3:55 p.m.
No. 3 -Fast Mail 11:20 p. m.
Xo. 23 Freight 735 a. m.
Xo.13-Fre'ght 1:40 p. m.
X. B. Olds. Agent.
Legal Notices.
Notice: to ceeditoes.
Creditors al the Estate at JE3eaaor A. Clark, ile
cessed. triH fit e their claims in Cocstj- Court eff
T.frrroin county. Nex -within six nrjtKi from this
April 3.1587. Scch elaiss tri& he heard before
me on Mar SJ. aad Oct. 23059T.at 1 p. is. ieh
iiaj-- The Eiecsters triH settle said Estate within
eceyear.
JAMES iT. BAT, County Jcdge.
NOTICE FOE PUBLICATION.
Xand Ofice at 5brth Piatte. "eb
AprH2lth.l5T- I
Notice fe hereby Rivetx that the fottswin-txused j
.ettler ha filed notice of her intention ta maiej
anal proof ia support of her rTtm, M that said ,
proof urill te made- before- Kecfater aad Eeceiver
at Nerth PSatte. Xeb oa 3Iay Jth. l-'JI, Tiz:
ciaea jr. srrap,
whwiaade Homestead Entry So. WSQS. fer the
watheat ipiarter sectien IX township 11 north,
range 3) west. She name the faOewiar witnesses
te prove her coatiacsBS residence upon and cnl-
tiTanan of su fane, nz; Jc-?pn w. stssrp. of
Watts. "elt. Orrin A. Bacon, ef EHzabeth. "eb-.
Actec D. Oiraad DeWitt VasBrecUiB, of North
PfctteT Xefc.
joes r. nrSjiAjr.
S-o Begister. j
NOTICE xOS PTBUCATION.
Land OSce at NorthPfatte, Neb, J
March. Mch. lSBT. f
Ntfee Is hereby eives that the foUowic-naced
settlor has aied notice cf her intention to make
final proof ia support rf her fcifil aad that said
pruof will be made before Bepi-ter and EeceiTer
at North g!arteT Neb oa May 25th. I'TI.tiz:
ilAET E. KTL3ETE see GRIFFITH,
who made nam est end Entry No. for the
north, half of the northeast qcarteroctheast quar
ter of the northeast quarter, northeast quarter of
the southeast quarter section li. township 9
north, rane 27 west. She names the foUswins'
witnesses to prove her coctiaooes residence npoa
aad ccKiratioa of said kind. Tiz: Jane B. Shaw,
vrttiiarr HanghtaHng. Joseph W. Thompson, and
Joseph W. BeaTers, aB of Earsari. Neb.
JOHN P. HTNHAN.
27-6 Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. ,
lard OSce at North PiaUe. Neb-, ?
Apra th. isar. jr t
Notice is hereby ciTen. that Harries Boetwict j
has filed notice of iatestios to maie anal proof :
before the Betpster and EeceiTer at his office in
Nortk Platte. Neb oc Friday, theltth day of
May. ISST. on tiarber culture appHcatics No. 1272)
for the Southwest qsarter of Section Xo. 2B. ia 1
Township No. 9 North, rzsge No. 33 West. She 1
names as witnesses: Irvisjr B5twici. of North i
Platte, Neb-. WHey Matthews, of Dickens. Neb., i
Frank 6. Haifer and Isaiah Ben nr. of Wallace. !
Nebraska. JOHN P. HZNMAN.
Register.
C. F. IDDINGS,
LUMBER,
AND GRAIN
Order by telephone from demon's Book Store.
EPT?, A Ni K i ."TNT ZEEl ATiE3S
WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT,
VTDTDOVT GLSS. VAKS1SBES, GOLD LEAF. GOLD
PAINTS, BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES. PIASO AND
FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOU?E AND BUGGY PAINTS,
KALSOinXE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES.
ESTABLISHED JULY 1SSS. .... 310 SPRUCE STREET-
NOETH : PLATTE ; PHABMACY,
Dr. N. McOABE, Prop., J. E. BUSH, Manager.
iNTOSTH: HPT : A "T'U - - Tsi K HASTT A -
"We aim to liaiidle tiie Best G-rades of
Goods, sell ttLem ax IReasona"ble
Figures, and VV arrant JhCveryth i n g
Orders from the country and along tae line of the Union
Pacific railway respectfully solicited.
uiiilllli
Elder & Lock's Stable.
Northwest comer Conrt-honse Square.
EffiEST SAMPLE EOOM IF 1T0ETH PLATTE
Having refitted ocr rooms in the finest of style, the public
is invited to call and see us, insnring courteous treatment.
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar.
Our billiard hall is supplied with the oest make of tables
and competent attendant? will supply all your wan is .
KEITH'S BLOCK. OPPOSITE illE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT
THE STANDARD BRED
TROTTING STALLION
- "SUNLIGHT" -
(No. 7654)
will make the season of 1S97 at the
irrition fair grounds- Service
limited to ten choice mares.
Snnlight by Sundance, dam vera
bv Belvotr. " Fall pedigree can be
found in Wallace's Trotting Reg
ister. Terms: S25 with usual return
privileges.
2BX R. 6 Southers.
SMOKERS
In search of a good cigar
will always find it at J.
F. SchrnalzrietTs- Try
them and judge.
Claude Wwm
DEALER IX
Coa! OH,
Gasoline, -f
Gas Tar,
And Crude Petroleum.
Leave orders at office
in Broeker's tailor shoo.
J. F. PILLION,
Plnmber, Tinrater
General Bepairer.
Special attention given to
WHEELS TO RENT I
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or 'ne R'SS
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true
in mm
COAL
III Reasonable prices
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