IHAIj BARE, Editor and Proprietor
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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1897.
The fact that the farmers of the
west are paying- off their mortgaged
indebtedness has put such quan
tities of money into the markets
that the loan agencies are
loans on farm property at reduced
rates and on terms move a favorable
than those of last year.
Ex-can di date Bryan's lamenta
tion that "general prosperity has
not yet appeared" does not seem to
apply to himself since the news
papers of the country are busying
themselves with the announcement
that he has grown so prosperous
and luxurious in his habits that he
wears silk and ruffled night-shirts,
a habit which they seem to as
sume is rather out ot the proprieties
with a gentleman who had so
recently posed as the real and only
genuine friend of labor.
A writer in the Sunday State
Journal says: The populists in the
western part of the state where
they outnumber the free silver dem
ocrats five to one, are preparing to
move upon the fusion convention
with the idea that there is a prin
cipal in their party and that turn
ing it over to democracy is not
carrying it into effect. They are
of the opinion that William Neville
comes as near being " a giant of
assorted sizes as Thomson of Grand
Island. They fully expect to nomi
nate Neville, and Neville as iully
expects the nomination. They
fully expect the co-operation of
Governor Holcomb in carrying their
intentions into effect and they have
the same taffy from the governor
that he has given to other candi
dates. If the state house ring is
not with the pops of western Ne
braska then the pops of western
Nebraska don't know how to inter
pret a miscellaneous lot of promises
which have been given them from
mouth to mouth. If Neville him
self is not satisfied that he is to be
the nominee why should he refuse
TTip"pTmitfve -office carrying a
salary, query his supporters, and
such an inquiry from such sources
there is emphatically no reasonable
answer.
The tariff bill passed its last ex
ecutive stage at 3 p. m. Saturda',
when the senate by a vote of forty
to thirty agreed to the conference
report on the bill. The measure
was at once signed by the president
and it is now a law. In an editorial
)ii the new law, the Bee says: The
new law has two purposes. One of
these is to provide the government
with more revenue. For the last
four years the receipts of the na
tional treasury have fallen below
the expenditures. It was necessary
for the credit and solvenc- of the
government to put a stop to this
condition of affairs, wholly indefen
sible in time ot peace. The new
law may not stop deficits in the first
year of its operation. The delay
in its enactment gave opportunity
for heavy importations and there
fore the estimates of revenue for
the first year do not contemplate
the wiping out of deficiencies. But
the yield of subsequent years will
undoubtedly give a surplus if there
is no material increase in expendi
tures. The other purpose of the
new law is to give such protection
to American industries as will eti
able them to give employment to
American labor. We cannot have
prosperity while hundreds of thous
ands of our people are idle, as they
have been for several years, and ex
perience has amply demonstrated
that our people cannot be ade
quately employed with a tariff
policy that favors foreign in
dustries. COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
(Continued from Friday's issue.)
It is hereby ordered that sections 13
to 36, inclusive, in town 10, range 31,
united with road district No. 53, and
said named sections and all of the terri
tory included within the boundaries of
said road district No. 53 shall consti
tute one road district, to be .called road
district No. 23.
The following claims were allowed ou
the general fund: Jacob Miller, fees, ex
penses, mileace, etc, 484; T. T. Keli
her, bailiff, 26.00; W. C. Elder, costs,
4.ro; Hi a warner, Dunai z.uu;.jr xu
Sullivan, overseer of poor and expenses.
55.20, justice fees, 7.05: State Journal Co.
blank books, etc., 149.50; J. W. Elling
ham, stationer' and printing, 49.75; No.
Platte Waterworks Co., water, 40.50;
,C. Weingand, oil, 88 50; Mrs. Emma Pul
ver, care of paupers, 420.05; Julius Pizer
merchandise, 8.75; Weber & Vollmer,
merchandise, 29.15; .Lester Walker, com-
sioner of brands, 30 ty; U w vantsrocK
lin, services. 2.00; W A Stearns, services,
10; TIi Stebbins, livery 29.50. Wit
nesses W. K. Beauchamp 3.90; Geo W
Ferbrache 4.00, Wm Porter 4.00, J J
Halligan 1.00, Thos Haskett 4.00, Olive
Ridgley 1.00. Bert Smith 3.60, Chas Pot
ter 4.00. Mrs Ferbrache 3.70. Robert
Uavis 43). Jurors Henry Yost 1.00,
IiOuisNauman 1.00. R E Arundale 1.00,
James Cotton 1.00, J W Voodry 1.00; W
Lloyd, police, Ackerman case, 2.00. Wit
ness in case of State vs Knox Lester
Walker 2.00, Mary Hood 1.00, George
Knox 1.00, Wm Buffington 3.60, J H
Jenkins L70, John Randall 340, Clias
Knox 1.00; W R Morgan, police Wool
sou case, 2,00. Witnesses in case of
State vs Hardin Nellie Lehman 3.40,
Tim Keliher LOO, Geo Tatum 2.50, Jacob
Scott 3.00. Jurors in case of Stato vs
Grable-H C Rennie 2.00, A McMicbael
2.00, Louis Nauman 2.00, Owen Jones
2.00, Louis Thoelecke 2.00. Witness in
case of State vs McLaughlin W R Mor
gan 1.00, Anna M Pargeon 1.00. Wit
nesses in case of State vs Duggan T T
Keliher 2.10, W E Mulliken 3.80, L A
McDonald 370, Rnbt Welch 3.80, Flav
VanNatta 5.50, T B Marshall 4.20, Mar
tha Artlipp 4 50, Eliza Hayes 1.10, Fred
Adams 3.80, Wm Rose 5.50, H C Welch
3.80, T LRatliiF 5.50, Jessie Kunklo
3.80, Eli Kunkle 3.80, E L Garrison
3.60, Ed Wilson 4.20, David Artlip 4.50,
Jacob Cussins 2.10, R W Rafferty 5.50.
Jurors in case of Stato vs Duggan J J
Myers 3.00, J R Bangs 3.00, P Armbus
3.00, Geo Casey 3.00, J T Murphy 3.00,
J Alexander 3.00. Claims wore allowed
on the road fund as follows: Francis
Montague, appraiser, 4.00; W W Uuntor
appraiser and team, 8.00.
July 16th, 1897.
Board met; present the full board and
county clerk. The following claims
were allowed on the general fund: W H
Gould, digging graves 17.50, Max Ein
stein, mdse, 27.65; C F Iddings. mdso,
1L50, Mutual Building & Loan Associa
tion, rent, 13.15; Paul Moyer, services,
3.00; Dr N McCabe, medical attendance,
7.00, R E Arundale, janit'.r, 50.00; TT
Keliher, bailiff, 26.00; John Loneran,
repairs, 2.00; R D Thomson, commission
ers' salary, 98 10; Jacob Miller, services,
fees, etc., 566.05; B I Hinman, rent, $30,
State Journal Co., statutes, 50.00, B Bu
chanan, services, 50 cents; S W Parsons,
services, 2.00; Cy Carson, sorvircs, 1.00;
A E Gilbert, services, 1.00. Assessors'
claim were allowed on the general fund,
as follows: WW Hunter 27.40, J W
Johnson 838, T Jepson $53. J H Jiukons
28.50, A J Neel 830, P O Qualley 23.50,
J O Wilmeth 850 John Kiukade $29, S
S Kilmer 843, Fred Lindberg 29.25,
Henry Sykes $26, J A MdNenl $45, O C
Mullikin $39.60, Wm Sherman $5i, A J
Smith $15, A J Gabrel 40.60, I B Bost
wick28.80,A Beach $53,Artnur Connors
18.50, C A Glaze $73, Robert G-isberger
$27, M N Holcombe Go. 40, A M Siod
dard 8340, Wm S Coker $77, N C Ander
son $60, Wm S Peniston 149.10, E W Au
way $33, Isaiah Beam S49, J W Beavers
$53, John A Cushing $53, C J Gerkin
$43, J J O'Rmrke 59.60, J F Hiscr S116.
D W Besack $107, Greeley Bundv $128.
W E Mulliken $39.00, Wm Ware 8100,
L D Rich, clain of $59 redured and
allowed for S50, A L Brooks, claim of
9120 reduced and allowed for $80, Chae.
O'Rourke, claim of $63 reduced aul al
lowed for $50, W A Gregg claim of $64
reduced and allowed for $54, G V Dienor
claim of 5L90 reduced and allowed for
$45, E A Crosby, claim of 64.10 reduced
and allowed for $50, Wm Facka churn of
59.40 reduced and allowed for $50, J H
Baker claim of 40.00reduced and allowed
for 30.00, Fred Kade claim of 51.00 re
duced and allowed for 45.00, Jesse Oster
hout claim of 29.40 reduced and allowed
for 25.00. Two claims amounting to
173.35 for Paul G Meyer (county sur
veyor), for surveying, etc., woro allowed
on the road fund.
July 17, 1897.
Board met; present, the full bo ird and
the clerk The following bills were al
lowed on the gonoral fund:
J W EllinRham, publishing O.'.O. North
Platte Waterworks Co. water rent -50.r0. Dr
N McCabe medical attendace. 177.50. Wm
Packa, work on poor farm. 21 5, Elizabeth M
Thomas, excess tax. 4.-0. C M Newton, mdse
1.50. W S Peniston. jusicc fees, 0 CO, G IV Dil
lard, coal 22.50, E. B. Warner, coffins. $25
Franklin Peale. material, etc 14 8J. Flora A
Franklin, institute fund .50. C H Stamp mdse
69.60. Jacob Miller fees etc 5 claims 255.90,
Jacob Millerservices during the Irrigation
Fair $23 was disallowed.
Inquest of Chas J Johnson rr N F Don
aldson, corner 17.20. W H C Woodhurt con
stable 9 50. Kobt McMurray witness il,
Sophia McMurray witness fl, Aug W John
son witness f 1, Chas Johnson juror 1 30, T T
Marcott juror $1. Chas Brown juror Jl Aug
Andereon juror fl. Olof Johnson juror $1, G.
W. Parsons juror 1.30.
Inquest of Harry Sine N. F. Donaldson,
corner. 17.65, W HC Woodhurst, constable,
14.65. MB Cryderman hauling fl. AD Orr,
luror 3. Wm Woodhurst Juror 3, A E Ilunt
mgton juror $3.1 A Fort juror 43, W T Brown
juror 3. Ira L, Bare juror $3, P H Sullivan !
witness $1 F J Dentler witness al, Mrs Mc
Ginness witness SI. M H Kelley witness $1.
Jas Snyder wjtness $1, Moses McFarland
witness fl. L. W Hastings witness fc'.C AWe'r
?1. Hobt Mason witness $2, Maud Kuntz wit
ness $1 J E Canwright, witness il.
Inquest Calvin Rose N F Donaldson, cor
one.r, 21.50: A E Huntington, constable.21 30
Dr N McCabe, post mortem. 25.00: Dr N Mc
Cabe, witness. 1.00: Henrv C Nesbitt taking
testimony 2.50. Chas C Clfnton juror 4 00, Wm
Woodhurst juror 4 00, Henry C Nesbitt juror
4.00, John Delay juror 4.00, S W VanDoran
juror 4.00. C C Hawkins juror al ra'-ieage
7.00, McGrew witness 1 00, John Baker
witness 1.00, Wm Vollmer witness 1.00. N E
Workman witness 1.00, John Dwj-er witness
1.00. Geo T Field witness 1.03, Fred Hartma
witness 100, A Fenwlck witness 1.00. Andy
Weaver witness 1.00, Henry Doebke, witness
WHC Woodhurst witness 1.00. W L Shera
witness 1.00, FredHlncker witness 1.00, -vd
Dickinson, witness 1.00, John H Day -witness
1.00, M Fowler witness 1.00, Seth Sherwood
witness 1.00, Ed Rebhausen witness 1.00, Jas
Duggan witness 1.00, Henry Gilfoil wit
ness 1.00, Joseph Mooncy witness 1.00, V Von
Goetz witness 1.00, R A Douglas witness 1 00,
Wm Eves M D witness 1.00.
Case of Bans Hanson, insane F II LonRley M D,
fll; W T Wilcox, nttomey,ti;V C Elder, clcrl.,?l 1; !
John Hansen, witness, $5,50, Henry Larson, wit
ness, $5.50; Nile Hansen, -witness, $5.50. The fol
lowing claims were allowed on the road fnud:
James H Mornn, overseer, 9; Walter Connully,
overseer. fc.50. Survey on Road No. 47 Alfred
"Weber, chainman. $8; James Boss, chainman.
Charles M Potter,flagman, S; SO Potter, lit-ir.an,
$5. Survey of Boad No. 159 Alfred Weber, ci-i. -$2;
Fred Sawyer chainman, $2; Adolph Wend Sag
man, $2. Survey of Boad No. 158 Alfred Wrber,
chainman $2; Fred Sawyer, chainman t'l; AdotjiU
Wendt, flagman, 2. Survey of Boad No 2S
Charles Behrens, chainman, $7; M W Ballingtnn,
chainman. $7; W H Conklin, flagman, $7. Survey
of Boad Nos. 157 and 103 Alfred Wobcr.chainman,
$1; V. E. Hinman, chainman, ?1. Snrvey of Cot
tonwood Canyon Boad Alfred Weber, chainman,
24; W F Cohn, chainman, $20; John Murray, flag
man, $22; John Murray, ccder stakes, f9 cents; Bay
Murray, flagman, $11. claim of B I Uinman, dam
age for right-ofway for road on south half of
northeast quarter, section 32, town 11, rango JJ0,
$200, was disallowed.
July 19, 1S97.
Board met:present full board and deputy county
clerk. The following claims -were allowed on the
general fund: A D Orr, service in Clark case 75,
Dr. N McCabe, medical atteudenco in Boss case,
$123.50. Dr. H F Fort, medical attendenco for A S
Earl, $100. James Belton, mdse.. 145.23. Q A
Walkei, services election 1893, $2.
July 20, 1S97.
Board met; present full board and deputy county
clerk. Bill l Wm. Johnson, $24, for bridge work
was allowed on the bridge fund. The board bo
their semi-annual settlement with county treas
urer. A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man.
Are you bilhoue, constipated or
troubled with jaundice, sick-headache
bad taste in mouth, foul breath, coated
tongue, dyspepsia, indigestion, hot dry
skin pain in back; and between the
shoulders, chill and fever &c. If you
haye and of these symtoms. your liver is
out of order and slowly being poisoned,
because your liver does not act promptly
Herbine will cure any disorder of the
liver, stomach or bowels. It has no
equal as hver madicine. Price 75 cents.
Free trial bottlo at North Platte Phar
J. JE. Bush, Mgr.
What is a Guarantee?
It is this. If you have a cough or a
cold, a tickling ia the throat, which
keeps you constantly coughing, or if
you are troubled with any chest, throat
or lung trouble, whooping cough c,
and you use Ballard's Horehound Syrup
as directed giving it a fir trial and no
benefit is esperiencd we authorize our
advertized agent to refund your money
on return of bottle. It never fails to
give satisfaction. It promptly relieves
bronchus. Price 25 and 50 cents.
Sold by North Platte Pharmacy, J. E.
Bash, Mgr. 1
Bull has now become tbcTwifo of an Irish
man. Boston Herald.
Jl London furrier announces that, ho
will Jiiako capes, etc.,Tfor- ladies' out of
their own skins. Are we to understand from
this that the. Indies oyer there shed their
skins annually, as snakes dof Denver
Post.
Man can no longer bo considered the
most ambitious of all created things, since
an oaglo tried to carry off an Iowa woman
the other day weighing 160 pounds. It
was a baldheadcd eagle at that. Kansas
City Times.
Tho thousands of graduates of Amorlcan
colleges this year cannot be said to have
completed their education until they learn
that the majority of graduates before them
are virtually starving In the professions.
Houston Post.
One woman dead and ono girl badly
burned at Pittsburg by their attempts to
hurry tho kitchen llres with the keroseno
oil can might look like a warning to the
oil can brigade, but it will not prove one.
Warren (O.) Tribune.
A young man in Brooklyn who wanted
to got married stole his father's furnlturo
in order toset up housekeeping and nearly
killed tho old man when he objected. The
father was in great luck to find a woman
who was willing to take such a boy off his
hands. Buffalo Express.
PERT PERSONALS.
Jerry Simpson has a new gold tooth.
How could ho so far forget his principles?
St. Louis Star.
To the disinterested observer it would
seem that her majesty spent most of those
CO years sitting for her picture. Chicago
News.
Aubrey Beardslcy did not die after all.
He is still drawing breath, and, what is
worse, is again drawing jimjam posters.
Kansas City Journal.
Emperor William has just given another
evidence of his ability to lead in tho con
cert of Europo. He has composed another
stirring air for a national song. Buffalo
News.
Senator Chandler drops into verse in
discussing the Cuban affair. This threat
ens to make the general distress a little
keener thun ever. New York Mall and Ex
press. Great is greatness. Governor Elisha
Dyer of Rhode Island has recently been
alluded to in print as tho "father of Mr.
Elisha Dyer, Jr.," the great dance leader
of New York. Boston Herald.
General Nelson A. Miles of tho army has
become foreign correspondent for a New
York paper. That man Ingalls had best
bewaro lest the general got the assignment
to tho next prizefight. Chicago News.
Ex-Fecretary Carlisle will live in Wash
ington, maintain a legal residence in Ken
tucky and practice law in New York and
Louisville. He is tho most spread out
lawyer in the country. Springfield Re
publican. PEN, CHISEL AND BRUSH.
Sir Edwin Arnold, having wearied of
Japanese museums, is. now writing poetic
ally in the London Telegraph of African
monkeys.
Four large and important pastels by
Rosa Bonheur were exhibited recently at
the Georges Petit gallery in Paris. They
are said to be admirable examples of her
work.
Mary Hartwell Catherwood is one of tho
most industrious of American authors and
is carrying on no fewer than four books
this summer at her charming summer
home on Mackinac island.
Sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist, has
gone to Paris to consult a specialist about
his throat. He is at work on a historical
novel turning.on tho great defeat of tho
Teutonic knights on' the Tannenberg, in
1H0, by the.poles and Lithuanians under
Jagellon.
M. Allouardj who has just completed a
statue of the lawyer Lachaud for the town
of Trcignnc, laments deoply that he was
unable to represent the gown unbuttoned.
"But it seems, "he says, "that it isagalnst
tho rules of lawyers ever to allow their
gowns to open, evon in the most pathetio
moments. So I had to sacrifice the beauty
of the work to truth."
WOMEN'S WAYS.
A woman considers marriage a success
if she gets the best of every quarrel.
Brooklyn Life.
Porhnps it's as well for the girl graduate
who thinks of sotting tho world on fire to
compromise as soon us possible on merely
striking a match. Philadelphia Times.
After a girl has taken as many as three
lessons on a violin she is proficient enough
in tho art of violin playing to have her pic
ture taken with it in her arms. Atohison
Globe.
Take the feathers off your hat, young
lady. Tho Massachusetts Federation ot
Women's Clubs hns resoluted against the
slaughter of birds for their plumage.
Boston Traveler.
THE COOKBOOK. .
Put salt and oda in the water for boil
ing cabbage, peas, string beans, lima
beans, asparagus and greens.
In cutting mushrooms a silver knife
ihould always bo used. A steel knife
Should never touch these delicate, and de
licious fungi.
It is hard sometimes to know how to fol
low that vague direction "salt to taste."
It may bo remembered that for the normal
palato a teaspoonful of silt is sufficient for
a pint of other ingredients.
HIT AND STRIKE.
The baseball pluyer is not forgotten even
after he is dead. Philadelphia has built n
Oner monument for Harry Wright than
New York has ever put at the grave of
Alexander Hamilton. Tacoma Ledger.
A Boston medical authority asserts that
it is little less than criminal to allow
weaklings to play baseball. And tho more
we study tie work of Colonel Anson's
ponng men this year tho more firmly con
vinced wo are hat this view is entirely
jorrect. Chicago Times-Herald.
Strikes occurred centuries ago, and
their outcome was just as disastrous as
is that of the present day work strug
gles. In the year 1329, says an old pa
per, a strike of brassworkers was ini
tiated in Breslau, Silesia, which lasted
a year.
St. Moritz, Switzerland, has th
champion toboggan slide of the world.
It is three-quarters of a mile long and
has been descended iu a whiz of 71 sec
onds. JEWELRY JOTTINGS.
Children's cups in Russian silver afford
pleasing birthday gifts. ir
Dagger pins, so fashionable for tho hair,
aro diamond sheathed and hilted.
Anew idea is the employment of colored
enamel ns a background for diamonds.
The chain bracelet is in vogue. When
enriched with gems, it becomes a coveted
object.
Hairpins mounted with Mercury wings
of shell, set with brilliants, are popular,
though by no means new.
Long gold chains have, if possible, in
creased in favor and are used for carrying
a lorgnette, watch, purse or fan, according
to the requirements of the wearer. Elsie
Bee in Jewelers' Circular.
WAESHIP PEE1LTUMS.
:
6YSTEM OF BONUSES ENDED WITH
AWARD TO THE NASHVILLE.
Total Given In Premiums For Horsepower
or Speed S3,20G,G2G Contractors Will
Henceforth Be Paid the Coatrsct Price
Only.
With the speed ruu of the Nashville
the last of the premiums open to our
warships has been earned, and it is pos
sible, now that the official report npou
her has been made, to reokon up tho-re-
sults of the' system from the start
It began under Secretary Whitney
with awards for horsopower at the rate
of $100 per unit in excess of the con
tract requirement. Under that system
the Yorktown earned $89,825, the New
ark $86,857, tho Concord $453, the
Bennington $3,609 and the Baltimore
$106,442. In all cases there was a pen
alty of $100 per unit for any shortcom
ing in horsepower, and under it the
Charleston lost $33,384, which was aft
erward remitted by congress for special
reasons; tho Monterey $32,823 and the
Petrel $485. There were also some pre
miums for machinery furnished by pri
vate works to ships built by the govern
ment in its navy yards.
But soon a change was made to pre
miums for speed, irrespective of horse
power. It was urged that speed, after
all, was the thing valuable to thegov
ernment, not the means by which it
was achieved, and accordingly the pre
miums and penalties were changed to
this basis, the rate being usually fixed
at so much per even quarter knot of ex
cess or deficiency, while in most of the
latest cases an allowance at the same
rate was also mado for fractions of a
quarter knot.
Under this plan the Wilmington has
eamed $41,500, the Bancroft and the
Macbias $45,000 each, the Nashville
$45,980, the Helena $49,940, the Cas
tine and tho Indiana-$50,000 each, tho
Philadelphia, the San Francisco and the
Massachusetts $100,000 each, the Mar
blehead, $125,000, tho Detroit $150,000,
tho Oregon $175,000, the New York
and Mouterey $200,000 each, the Iowa
$217,420, the Olympia $300,000, the
Columbia and Brooklyn $350,000 each,
while tho Minneapolis broke all records
with earnings of $414,600, her contract
being one of those that allowed for
fractious ofi a quarter knot. Not a sin
gle vessel has lost anything on this
speed basis, and one vessel which on
her official trial fell far short of her
estimated horsepower, so that she might
have had to pay a very heavy penalty
on that basis, really gained a magnifi
cent premium for speed.
The highest excesses of speed were
those achieved by the jsmaller gunboats,
the Castine, for example, making 2.62
knots over her guarantee, tho Machias
2.46 and tho Bancroft 2.37. Neverthe
less theirs have been among the small
est speed premiums paid, since on tho
smaljer vessels smaller rates of premium
were allowed, the three mentioned re
ceiving only $5, 000 per quarter knot.
Tho great successes of the three final
premium winners, tho Newport News
trio, achieved this year, tell exactly tho
samo story. On tho other hand, tho
Philadelphia nnd the San Francisco
earned $100,000 each for somewhat
over half a knot in excess of their con
tracts, because they had tho great bonus
of $50,000 per quarter, or ten times as
much as tho guntoats just spoken of,
while tho enormous earnings of the
Minneapolis, Columbia, Olympia and
Brooklyn, amounting to $1,414,000 for
these, four vessels alone, are accounted
for iu the same way. A single firm, tho
Cramps of Philadelphia, earned, accord
ing to the figures just given, the great
sum, above tho contract price, of $1,
865,144, never losing n dollar for pen
alties, either in speed or horsepower.
The total amount earned iu premi
ums for horsepower or speed, excluding
premiums or the machinery of ships
built in the navy yards, is, if our fig
ures aro correct, $3,296,626. Whilo this
is n largo sum, yet no doubt the con
tractors have improved vessels for the
purpose of producing extra speed, with
the consent of the authorities, and such
changes, if made for that purpose only,
have been, according to a statement of
Chief Engineer Melville, "at the ex
penso of the contractors." Again, as
the speed requirements have been stud
ied carefully, whenever builders were
confident that they could surpass them,
and so earn a premium, the effect was
to lower their bids, of course to the
benefit of the government.
Tho speed premium system was stop
ped after the prodigious winning of the
Minneapolis had been recorded, al
though subsisting contracts for premi
ums were of course carried out. Perhaps
a reaction was then natural, and if the
system should ever bo revived perhaps
smaller bonuses would be paid than
those which allow $200,000 for an ex
tra knot. But at preseut the view taken
is that, with the experience gained, pre
miums are not needed, and, in fact, tho
composite guuboats and the torpedo
boat Porter, without premiums, have
far exceeded their contract speed. How
ever, contractors now take into view
that no premiums are payable when
they make their bids. New York Sun.
To Explore the Yosenilte Valley.
The high Sierra back of the Yosemite
valley and the famous Hetch-Hetcby
valley, which has only been partly ex
plored, will bo carefully surveyed and
prospected for minerals and fossils by
H. W. Turner, head of tho government
geological work on the Pacific coast. He
startsd recently with a party, including
John C. Brauncr, professor of geology
of Stanford university, and several stu
dents from Stanford and State universi
ties. Their scheme is to survey and
make geological and topographical map3
of the Yosemite national park and to
locate minerals, metallic ores and fos
sils. Much of the ground they will trav- j
erse has never been explored. New
York Tribune.
Addition to a "Well Known Proverb.
I remember to. have beeu told by a
late brother officer, who was a well read
man,-that this proverb was of Portu
guese origin and that it ran, "Hell is
paved with pood intentions and roofed
with lost opportunities." Notes and
Queries.
"Honors of war" is the privilege al
lowed to the enemy, on capitulation, of
being permitted to retain their arms.
This is the highest honor a victor can
pay a vanquished foe.
THE DREADED BACK DRAFT."
One ot the Worst -Perils That Confront
the Firemen.
In St. Nicholas there is an article on
The Perils of a Fireman's Life," by
Charles T. Hill, who has written sev
sral articles on the New York firo de
jartment for this magazine. Mr. Hill
Vys:
Next to a dangerous cellar firo noth
ing is more dreaded by tho men than
what is known in their own language
as" tho "back draft." This is a sudden
veering of the flames, usually caused
by the burning avay of some portion of
tho building that gives the fire renewed
draft and changes its course completely.
The firemen arrivo and find the wholo
Eecond or third floor of a building in
flames. Axes in hand, they smash open
the doors, and with 'tho hose dash up
the stairway. This is all afire, and the
flames are rolling above liko a red pall.
With the engine at work and good pres
sure on tho line, the battle between tho
two elements, fire and water, begins.
Inch by inch the men fight their way
up the stairway, now to retreat as,the
fire gains upon them and now to ad
vance as it rolls away for a moment.
Tho encouraging words of the com
manding officer are heard behind them
urging them on: "Now, get in, boys!
That's it get in get inl Make tho
next landingl Hit it up, boys!" and
all the other words of encouragement
that he usually gives.
They finally reach tho lauding. They
are on the floor with tho fire. It rolls
away from them. They drive it farther
back. Encouraged by their seeming vic
tory, they drag up more of the heavy
hoso to make a final dash at it, when
suddenly something falls in at the rear
of the firo that gives it renewed draft.
It rolls toward them, an impenetrable
wall of fire tho deadly back draft 1
Their only chance of escape is to throw
themselves upon their faces, in hope
that it may roll over them, or to hurl
themselves down the stairs up which
theyhavo so gallantly fought their way.
Better a broken leg or arm than death
by roasting, and the water of 50 en
gines could never stay tho progress of
that awful wave of flame.
Many a brave fellow has lost his life
in this manner, and very often all the
members of a company return with
their eyebrows, hair and beard singed
off, bearing evidence that they havo
been "ketched," ns they express it, by
a less terrible form of this deadly draft.
VILLAGE ODDITIES.
English Towns Distinguished Por Being
One of a Kind.
Undoubtedly tho most extraordinary
township in England is that of Skiddaw,
in Cumberland. It contains but one
house, tho occupier of which is unable
to exerciso the Briton's privilege of vot
ing because there is no overseer to pre
pare a voters' list and no church or oth
er place of worship or assembly on
which to publish one.
The most remote village in England
is that of Farley-cum-Pittou. This tru
ly rural spotj is 30) miles from the
nearest railway station. As a contrast
t this may be mentioned the hamlet of
Ystrad, about 10 miles from Cardiff.
This tiny settlement possesses two im
portant main roads, two railways and
two large rivers.
A very unique feature is exclusively
claimed by Trimley, a small village in
Suffolk. Iu tho one churchyard of the
parish two churches are to be seen. Serv
ice is conducted three times a week in
each of these churches at the same hour.
.Tho deepest well in England is found
at Hamilton, in Hampshire. It stretch
es 350 iect below the surface of tho
earth. About half way down this well
shaftisasnbway, three miles in length,
which leads tq the seacoast.
On tho top of the parish church tow
er in Bickuollcr, Somersetshire, is a
yew tree, now five feet high and still
growing in a hardy fashion. It is gen
erally believed that the tree owes its
origin to a seed dropped by a bird.
Perhaps the most splendidly deco
rated church in tho kiugdom is that of
Whitley Court, Worcestershire It is en
tirely constructed of white marble, tho
pews arc chastely carved, and the pul
pit is of genuine Carrara marble, richly
paneled with precious stoues.
On the village green at Meriden, in
Warwickshire, there is a large stone
cross which is supposed to" mark the
central point of England. Pearson's
Maeazine.-
SERVANTS IN JAPAN.
Ihey Bender Excellent Service if They
Aro Treated With Consideration.
Japanese servants are excellent if you
ohoose them with discretiou and treat
them with the established consideration
of ths country. There is a universal so
cial compact in Japan to make life
pleasant by politeness. Everybody is
more or less well bred and hates tho
man or woman who is yakamashu
noisy, uncivil or exigent.
People who loso their temper are al
ways in a hurry, bang door3, swear and
swagger, find themselves out of place
in a land where the lowest cooly learns
and practices an ancient courtesy from
the timo when he wabbles about as a
baby upon his mother's back. Therefore
to be treated well in Japan as perhaps,
indeed, elsewhere you must treat every
body, including your domestics, well,
and then you will enjoy the most pleas
ant aud willing service.
Your cook will doubtless cheat you a
little, your jiurikisha man will now
and then take too much sake, the mus
mu and the boy's wife will gallop all
over the place about everything you do,
and the gardener and tho coachman will
fight cocks in tho back yard when your
back is turned, but if conscious of your
own you can forgive tho little sius of
others. You cau hardly fail to become
closely attached to the quiet, soft voiced,
pleasant people, who as soon as they
have learned yonr;ways will take real
pleasnre in making life agreeable to you.
A present now and then of a kimono
to the maids, of toys and sweetmeats to
tho children, a day's holiday now and
then granted to tho theater or the wres
tling match am richly rewarded by such
bright faces and unmistakable warmth
of welcome on arriving and of good
speed on going as repay you tenfold.
Bespeotful as Japanese servants are
and they never speak except on their
knees and faces they like to be taken
into the family conversation and to sit
sometimes in friendly abandon with the
master and mistress, admiring dresses,
pictures or western novelties and listen
ing sometimes to tho samisen and koto
as children of the household. Edwin
Arnold in Scribner'a.
nCfSBl OF HASHEESH
PITIABLE PLIGHT OF A ST. LOUIS
GIRL FROM ITS USE.
Bao Acqnirsd tho Habit Whilo Visiting an
Indian Camp and Is Now a lrhysIcaP
Wreck Medical Men Deeply Interested.
Two years ago a blithe young girl,
vivacious, refined and healthy, now a
startling specimen of wrecked woman
hood prematurely aged, careworn and
feeble.
Such is a brief synopsis of tho unfor
tunate transformation experienced by
the daughter of an old and aristocratic
St. Louis family. The story of this
blighted lifo reads like a talo of fiction
Interwoven in the sad recital is a thread
of romance.
For somo timo past members of the
St. Louis medical fraternity havo beeu
discussing this young woman's peculiar
case. It is of raro interest from a med
ical standpoint.
Tho victim is a slavo to Indian hemp,
a herbal drug.
Dr. Ed F. Band all, tho physician in
charge of City dispensary No. 1, has
undertaken to cure tho unfortunate gir
for, notwithstanding her haggard ap
.pearauce, sho is but a girl. Only mem
bcrs of tho family and iuterested phy
sioians know tho wholo truth. Tho
young woman's friends members of
her social set observe her debilitated
condition, but they havo never known
that sho is tho victim of a strangely fas
cinating drug.
Indian hemp is an herb that grows
luxuriously in Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Texas, Indian Territory and other por
tious of the southwest. It has been in
use by the red men for many genera
tious.
About 18 months ago the young wom
an, whoso namo Dr. Baudall declines
to divulge, went to Oklahoma to visit
relatives. Sho had been reared in St.
Louis, aud for 18 years had known
nothing but city life. A consin living
on a ranch near Perry, O. T;, asked the
young woman to make her a visit. The
invitation was accepted. Biding habits
and other outdoor apparel were packed
in a big trunk. Only a few weeks pre
vions tho light hearted girl had grad
uated from school. The summer outing
in Oklahoma was a pleasant prospect
"I am going to havo a grand time
will see Indians, buffalo aud other wild
west sights," the happy young girl said
to her friends who called to say goodby.
At last the St. Louis girl found
an opportunity to see tho red men,
Frontier towns in this advanced age
are not really frontier towns, and
the Indians at Perry wero very much
like tho avcrago white citizen in man
ner and action. This was too tame for
the city visitor. Sho wanted- to see tho
Indian on his native heath, surrounded
by his own primitive environmeuts.
Anxious to gratify her whim, tho
young woman's relatives took an out
iug for a week or two. In a farm wag
on they drove about the country, search
ing for tho wildest spots. Crossing the
boundary line of Oklahoma, they trav
eled into tho Indian country proper.
There they found scenes that were en
chanting to tho young schoolgirl.
One day tho tourists visited a camp
where several noted chiefs had congre
gated. The young woman complained
of headache. One of the "big Injuns"
hastened to give her some medicine. It
was Indian hemp in its native state,
just as the Indians had gathered and
prepared it. The amount taken was
rather large. Immediately tho headache
ceased, and tho girl experienced a de
lightful exhilaration.
The youug woman commented upon
the pleasant effects of tho wonderful
medicine. Thus flattered, tho Indians
gave her a large quantity to carry away
with her. Sho asked for information
concerning the herb and was told that
it was Indian hemp. During the re
mainder of her stay in Oklahoma she
kept herself happy by ibis artificial
method. When tho visitor returned to
St. Louis she still had some of the med
icine. At last tho stock was exhausted.
Then she mado a druggist understand
what sho wanted by showing him a
sample the last remaiuing allowance.
The druggist procured the weed iu pre
pared form.
From that timo forward the step to
ruin was easy. Gradually tho doses be
camo larger and larger. A greater quan
tity was required to produce tho pleas
ant effect. Health rapidly declining,
something had to be done. Dr. Bandall
was consulted.
It was tho first case of the kind he
had ever encountered. He was interest
ed, and at once made a special study of
Cannabis indica. The young woman is
now under treatment, and Dr. Randall
hopes to restore her to health. This can
only be accomplished, however, by total
abstinenco from the alluring herb.
Dr. Randall says that in tho entire
medicpl history of this country there aro
but few cases of similar excess. In tho
orient the use of the horb is moro com
mon than morphiuo eating in America.
It is estimated that in India alone there
are over 3,000,000 victims of the hash
eesh habit. A small portion of the prep
aration produces increase of appetite
and cheerfulness. Larger doses produce
hallucinations, delirium aud sometimes
catalepsy. The properties of tho drug
were known to the assassins, a set of
military and religious fanatics who
flourished iu Persia aud Syria duriug
the eleventh qentury. When the leaders
wanted an enemy removed they intoxi
cated a dovotee with hasheesh, a prep
aration of Cannabis indica, the botanic
al name of tho plant known there as In
dian hemp, while that grown hero is
known as Apocyunm cauuabinum. From
tho namo of the drug so employed the
English term assassin is derived.
The excessivo use of the Indian herb
destroys" the sensibility of tho lungs,
stomach and other vital organs, and if
the habit is persistently followed the
victim scon becomes an absolute phys
ical wreck. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mary's Xainb.
Mary had a little lamb;
lis fleece wan white as pnow;
And everywhere tliat Mnry went
Tho lamb was sure to go.
Its fleece hi still as whito ns snow,
But Mary's lamb has Rrown,
And now thod rather walk threo miles
Than face that Iamb alone.
Truth.
A Discerning Parent.
"Daughter, what timo did your com
pany leave last night;"
"Why, papa, he started home at half"
"Never mind when ho started. I want
to know when he left." Ohio State Journal.
TATTOOING.
BrimiKaU, Sarprisinff to Relate, Seem
Havo a Weakness For It.
"It is a curious fact, to which crim
,inologists havo not paid much attention,
that a large proportion of instinctive
criminals havo tattoo marks yub upon
their persons," said Dr. George S. Wil
liams, physician of tho Missouri peni
tentiary. "It is a paradox that this
fancy should bo a part- of tho criminal
mind, for a tattoo marks tho subject
for life. It would seem more natural
for tho criminal to avoid all such marks
in order to tho better conceal his iden
tity from the sleuths of the law. Tho
operation of tattooing is qui to painful,
but even this ia not a deterrent. Crim
inals, by tho way, seem ablo to stand
more pain than persons of honest in
stincts and habits. The desire to be tat
tooed, however, is tho strangest aud
most incomprehensiblo freak of tho
criminal intellect. It cannot bo account
ed for on any other hypothesis than
that there is an unyielding and invari
able compensating law of nature which
operates in tho interest of orderly con
duct and behavior. But for tho tattoo
marks with which many hardened and
incorrigible wretches decorate their
skin many a criminal who i3 now con
fined behind strong prison walls whero
ho can do tho world tho least amonnt
of harm would bo at liberty today,
preying on society.
"The custom of tattooing is as pop
ular among the female criminals as
amoug tho males, though women rarely
have tho mark put in as conspicuous
places as the men. There is an interest
ing field of study hero for tho studeut
of criminology. Lombroso has merely
called attention to tho fact of which I
speak without attempting to explain
tho causes that lead to it, but ho is tho
only specialist of noto that seems to
have given tho matter any notice. It
more frequently happens than otherwise
that criminals who submit to tho tat
tooing operation choose a design sug
gestive of tho lewd and libidinous, and
in this is contained tho positive hiut of
a diseased condition of mind which
probably explains the real cause of the
foolish and unbusinesslike custom. Tho
habit seems to be so universal among
instinctivo criminals that I am inclined
to believe there must bo some ono or
more iustitutions in the country whero
here will give the slightest hint of when
or where they had the work done, which
leads to the supposition that it is ono of
tho numerous secrets of the craft. "
St. Louis Republic.
Disease makes a man just as helpless
as if he were tied with ropes. Weary
lassitude makes his muscles useless slug
gish circulation of impure blood fills his
brain with useless clogging matter. Ef
fort is distasteful and brines scant results.
The trouble usually starts with the diges
tion. Too much brain work takes needed
blood from stomach to head and retards
the stomach's work. The body is not
ted. lhQ nerves rebel. Sleep becomes
a stranger. Loss of appetite is followed
by loss of flesh and all for the want of
the right medicine at the right time. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is for
the man who is losing flesh and -italit'.
It is for the man whose digestion needs
help aud whose nerves and brain arc
overworked. It is the greatest of all
tonics. No matter what seems to be your
trouble, the "Golden Medical Discovery"
will cure it. It cures by makintr the
blood pure, rich and plenty, and by fur
nishing food for nerves and brain. Noth
ing has ever been found to equal it, but
dishonest druggists sometimes try to
make you believe that somethimr more
profitable to them is "just as good." Do
not be deceived. Get what you ask for.
Constipation if neplected brings with it a train
of maladies that unfit the sufferer for either tlie
duties or pleasures of life. Sick and bilious head
aches and a multitude of ether ills arc due to con
stipation. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation promptly and iwrmancntly. Druggists
fccll them. Nothing else is "just the same."
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