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WA&02 THEH&HSEi EXCITING TIMES ON HOARD A SWIFT BLOCKADE RUNNER. .ThomM X. Taylor's Tfcxillinff yarratiTC of the G raises af the Sbtarioas IBaas&ee 3To. 1 IKxisin tic Federal TFarsIiips XB.'&Hll Oat Of WilTnttttmi. WING to the fa vorable ship channels at the raGtith of Gape Wpnr TTwr the- entrance to the port of Wiiming ton, N. C, that paint -was a pop 7i far one for blockade rrrnners ttt rr v ing on a contraband trade t . - "with the south- i em Conf ederacv. The strong Fed-' eral Wcckading Seat "was dsSed by daring sailors who j risked Kfg, lifctn. and fortune in their , speoatetiTe ventures. ZVIr. Thomas E. Taylor, a principal in nmnerous bold smuggRag trips, tells the fcuary of his j experiences in making: that port with a notorious Hule steamer called the Ban-j s6ee Ne. 1. j "The Banshee may claim to be a ; landmark not only in the development of bieckade, bet also of -marine archi- ; tectnre," says ilr. Taylor. "With the exception of a boat built for Livingston ' of African f nine, she was, I believe, the frsst steel ship ever laid down. The new , blockade runner was a paddle boat, ! ocilt of steel, on extraordinarily fine liaes, 214 feet long and 20 fees beam, ' awl drew only S feet of watsr. Her , zaeess were mere poles, without yards ad with ike least possible rigging. In ; ocder to attais greater speed in a sea way, she was built with a tnrt'e back forward. She was of 217 tons net regis- ' tar ad had an anticipated sea speed of 11 kaocs, with a coal consumption ox 30 i ins a rv. Hr crew, which included 3 ' ' engineers atd 12 firemen, consisted of 36 lad&, all sold. "Steel ship bcSding was then in its 1 infancy, aad the Bansfcee was the first of a Seet that was sooc to become fa moos. Early in l3 I had the satisfac tion of SadiBg; ssyself steamingjdown the Mersey in the first steel vessel that over crossed the Atlantic ' - "T give in detail every trip of the Bnosbee wa)d be wearisome. I made eight rtraod trips ia her, each one of whack had it peculiar excitement. Lookisfr bade, isseeme nothing short f a miracle taas she so long escaped the nasexeBS dmssevs to which she was ex posod. In She earliest stages of blockade ' raseffig wc need to go well to the sorth wasdxad au.ke the coast some I5 or 18 miles above Fort Fiefcer, thus going railed vbe fieet instead of through it. By this raeaas we were the better en afcfed to strike the eoest nnobserved, steamiug ocietly iewn jast outside the surf, until we arrived elese to Fort Ffehsr, where "w had to go somewhat sseward in order to avoid a certain shoo! called the Korth Breaker. AI cboaeii tiiie geseraQy troagbc us in clssa saatact with the hJackaders, still w knew exactly where we-were as re gards die bar. SBbseqealy the north raers stnpped this maneuver, as we : fmmaa to oar peril. i Ctae very aark Hichjt (I thinfcitwas ! eitar c& the fourth or fifth tri of the Baaeaeewe made the htad aboat 12 ; roilas above FtsaFisaer aad were creep- ig oie;iy down. ae.scal, when all at j aaoe we made a craisr ocr, lying oh i our port boar sad slowly mOTing a&oo 200 yde frc&i the sare. It was a aesseti of gocsg inside or outside her. If we went oetside. she was certain to se xe ad woaM chase us ino the very iaw of the Seet. As w? hed very little staoxa up we chose the former alterna tive, hopsag to pass -anobserved, and saacess seemed within cur grasp till we , saw her mev-e m toward ns and heard j her hail s as we came oh, Step that ! steamer, or I wiH sink you! I Old Steefe, the captain, growled out tact we baths trae to stopand shouted dawa the engine room tube to Brskine ta pile on die coals, as concealment wis no looser ef aeynee. Our friend, which wa afterward fsoad out was the Xiphon , opeaed fixe as fest as she could aid sheered cloee ieto as so close that Ler boarders were callel away twice, and a shiaghag raesch. went an between us, Kke tat sometnaes heard between two peaay steamboat captains en the Thees. She ele.-ed the dispute by gbaotisg away our foremast, exploding a shell :a our bunkers and, when we began to leave her astern, by treating us to grapti aad canister. "Is -was a miracle that no one was kfBed, bet the crew were all lying fiat on toe deck, except the steersmen, and at one time I fear he did. the same, for, as Pifoc Burroughs suddenly cried: 3Iy Gad, 2Ir. Taylor, look there!' I saw oer boat beading right into the surf, so, jemtpiag fraes the bridge, I ran aft aad found the heiatsman on hie stem ach. I rasaed at the wheel and gar two or three spokes eat of it, which, hauled her head off the laad, but it was a clese Eha'vse. ait was, I think, on our sixth trip sot i the little Banshee, when sorn atsrdByfight we had got safely through too fiaet, aad I was lying on a cotton baie aft, that Erskine, the ehief engi neer, suddenly exclaimed, "Tr. Taylor, Jaot astemr" I looked, and hgC four antes from us I saw a large side wheel craiser, with, square sails set, corning flew on us hand over Ssr. This was an inscaace of gross carelessness Gn the part af be lookout man at the masthead (he saEued out to be aH American whom we had shipped In Nassau en the previous kip and about whom both. Steele and X bad our private suspicions j. At such, a sriical moment as the approach; of day Bghc the ehief officers should have cho n a picked man for the lookout. After m we were more GarefnL either the jhaof eSctrr orl rsyself, when on board, nokipg it a point ta occupy this post sx ikat particular hour, MErskit? rahed ta the engine rccra, dsdin a few moments vofames of smoke isHuiag fmw our fnsaels showed that we were getting up all the sreaxa we could almost too late, as, with the freshening breeze, the chasar (Tiich we afterward found out to be the well known James Auger, a boat subsequent ly sent to cruise in search, of the Ala bama) so rapidly overhauled us tint we could distinctlv see the officers in urd- prize raGCs tq "Syhich he Tvonld soon he- i - come entitled. "'This will never do, T said Steele, who, although it pot us oft our course to STassau, ordered the helm to be alter ed, so as to bring us up tn the wind. We then scon had the satisfaction of 1 seeing our enemy obliged to take in sail after sail, and a ding dang race of the most exciting nature, right in the wind's eye, commenced. "The freshening breeze and rising sea now seemed to increase the odds against our ( the smaller) beat, and so critical did matters become and so cer tain did capture appear that I divided between Hurray Aynsley, who "was a passenger on this trip, Steele and my self 60 sovereigns which I had onboard, determined that when captured we wouldn't be penniless. As the weather grew worse we found ourselves obliged to Throw overboard our deck cargo, in order to Bghten the boat. This was done as quicklv as possible, heartbreak ing though it was to see valuable bales, worth from 50 to 60 apiece, bobbing about on the waves. To me more espe cially did this come home, for my little private venture of ten bales of sea is land cotton fad to go first a dead loss of S00 or more. "Having got rid of our deck cargo, we slowly but steadily began to gain in the race It was an extraordinary sight to see our gallant little vessel at times almost submerged by green seas sweep ing her fore and aft, and the James Adger, a vessel cf 2,000 tons, taking headers into the huge waves, yet nei ther of us for a moment slackening speed, a course we should have thought madness under ordinary circumstances. Murray Aynsley stood with his sextant taking angles and reporting now cue-, now the other, vessel getting the best of it ''Suddenly a fresh danger arose from the bearings cf the engine becoming heated, owing to the enormous strain put upon them. Erskine said it was ab solutelv imperative to stop for a short tim. But, by dint of loosening the j bearings and applying all the salad oil I procurable, mixed with gunpowder, they t were gradually got into working carder again, all in the engine room having as- sis ted in the most energetic manner at j this critical moment. j "The chase went on for 13 weary i hours the longest hours I think I ever spent until nightfalL, when we saw our friend, then only about five miles astern, turn round and relinquish her pursuit. We heard afterward that her stokers were dead beat. "This chase, which lasted 13 hours and covered nearly 260 miles, was con sidered one ef the most notable inci dents connected with blockade running during the war. and we heard a good deal about it afterward. At the time we had been struck by the fact of tho James Adger not opening fire on ns when so close. The explanation was that she had no 'bow chasers' and was so certain of capturieg us eventually that she did not think it worth while to yawr and fire her broadside guns, and as the weather was so bad she did not care to cast them loose. "This is the last trip I made Gn the Banshee on whieh auythiog of note oc curred. She made eight round trips in all, and I then left her. She was cap tured on the ninth, after another long ehese o Cape Hatterae, her captain and crew being token so Fort Lafayette, where they were aetaiaed for afect eight mGnthsas prisoners in a casemate, bedly fed and clothed and of course overcrowded. Steele spent some weeks COMESC OW3f OS ZS in Ludlow Street jaiL When he was re leased, he foued, t his delight, that another boat had been" built expressly for him, which was christened Banshee Xcl 2." Some idea of the vast profits accruing from the Weckae running at this time can be gathered from the fact that, not withgtatMfrg the total loss of the Ban shee by caature, she earned sufficient on the eit,ht successful round trips which she made to pay her sharehold ers 7 per cent oh their investment. Her captors turned her into a gun boat. GBQacE L. To Change the Climate. A Boston mH says he can change the i climate of If ew England and the mari- ' time provinces of Canada by building a j dam across the strait of Belle Isle, blocking it and diverting the northern currents. The dam would have to be 20 miles long and about 200 feet high and ' strong enough to" resist the ocean. He ' thinks this coH be done for $0, 00.000 and that it would give the territory ; named a climate much Hke that ef touthern 2sew York and .Sea Jersey. A mother's Argument. "The most to be regretted act cf my life," says a lieutenant commander c the navy, was a letter I wrote to my mother "when aboct 1? years of age. She always addressed her letters to mo as my dear boy.' I felt at that time was a man, or verv near it. and wrote sarins that her constant addressing me r A as a 'boy1 made me feel displeased. 4 gtate, cut off from home by a wall of received "in reply a letter full cf re-, g stretching acres? the state of preaches and tears. Among other things gegee. Joyce gives a pathetic inei she said: fYcu. might grow to be as big dent the campaign in Georgia, where as Goliath, as strong as Samson and. , the Kentuckians found mTnicrPrrnfT as wise as Solomon; you, might become ' ange5 0f their own bleed and faith just ruler or a nation, cr empeiur us. -nnriofis. and. the world mhrhfe revere ! you and fear you, but to your devoted ! mother you wooia always appeax, m memory, in. your innocent, unpreten-' nous, nnself conceited, unpampered ba-1 byhocd. In those days when I washed and. dressed and kissed and worshiped j you, you were my idoL .Nowadays you are becoming part of a gross world, by , contact with it, and I cannot- bow dawn . to you and worship you, hut if there are f raanhced and maternal love transmitted to ycayauwai understand that the highest conplimeij that "mother love i -iw pay ' yea ta call yan imy dear hoy. ' THEY WOKE GHAT. STORIES OF THE CONFEDERATES OF THE FOURTH KENTUCKY. " ISelcBgetlto tie xsnwa8 "Orphan Brixkde-" Sttrrias" and. Jr'athctlc Incidesi Told bj"S Suriiiuj: Odd Cfcaxacters, Camp Pets and a. Glee drib. ECopyris&t. 3S37, by American Press Asso ciation.! ,E SAY now that the civil war was a war between brethren, but there was a time when the mGstcf us didn't view the subject in e x a c tly that light. The truth came home to me by chance re mark on the bat tlefield. "We had met the enemy at long range, but had never come face to face with individuals who wore the gray. Finally we took seme pris oners and gath ered around them, staring as at so many museum exhibits from a foreign clime. When we went back to our quarters, one of my comrades made the remark, "If it were not for their long hair and peculiar way of talking, they would be exactly like ourselves." I was very young then and suppose that I had not given much thought to the subject I knew that the country was very large and the masses of the people cf differ ent sections were strangers to one an other. My idea of ihe enemy had been gained from platform war orations and burning editorials. They were "rebels' and therefore terrible. It is useless tn make any words at this time to show that the antagonists were of the same race and faith, but a nearby view of the southerners in the bivouacs is al ways interesting. The sketches which follow were written by a member cf the Fourth Kentucky Confederate regi ment, cne of those composing the fa mous "Orphan brigade." The "Orphans" were aH of the first draft of stalwart Kentuckians who beg ged to differ with their fathers, brothers aud cousins enlisted in the Union army, shook hands with them, saying, "See you later, " and marched across the Ten nessee border. The Fourth Kentucky Confederates were organized by Colonel Bobert W. Trabue, the first commander of the "Orphan brigade.'"'' In the attack on the second day at ShUsh, when the south erners started on their memorable charge, the Kentuckians sounded their war song: "Cheer, boys, cheer I "We will march away to battle. On that bloody field a father in the "Union Fourth Kentucky and a son in the Con federate Fourth lay dead side by side, evidently having killed each other. In a sketch of the Irish members of his company Fred Joyce of CGmpeny D tells this incident of Sbiloh: Hugh 3eVey, a real veteran af "Sarcrkxi, was over 79 years af age, fear was always in trim and ready f er tattle. I kave &ea heard ftfrn crooning songs of atker tiiys, aadgeser: 1 ly concerning Waterloo- His hair ad rkse cropiied beard were snowy white. At She bef tle of Shikjh Uncle Hugh, was in his ele ment. The firsr day he was srruiricwirh a boMet and could have easily gone to the rear, but he re fused to go. On the second day, while a sead ef us were sitting under a very large tw, a solid shot rieechetted and strsok about five feet above our heads. A fragment of rock or wood struck ftfm in the temple and produced quite a paints! wound, froex whieh, the blend ran freely do-n over aad throsga bits wh.e beard. His captain and comrades ttrged him to go to the rear, as this wound, added to- his in juries of the day before, and bfe obi age ha I almost rendered hint helpless, but he set his head steadfastly against it and swoce he intend ed to "die on the fk-kL" In a few nanctes we were marched, in Eouble quick, to a new 5 ei tion. "where the enemy got us in shart range af their musket. Uncle FTwrh tvent brinkry to wsrk, kmdwigand&rincnTHl encouraginrr thtfl near him. In. this deathly place be was in stantly IdGed. Our ted was very heavy, but no truer or braver spirit was released that day than Hugh. 3&-"Vey 's. Another character of Company D de scribed by Joyce was known as the 4 'Si lent Ztfan la the year SG2 we "swapped Cri Xr- wanted ta join Crir's horse company, and he ftnl two me-1 who wanted to goiaso "weh feot." One of the men we received ine-sehcaga was Frank C of Owea county smiy 18 or 19 years ef age, $ feet 3 inches high, angaktr, breast sunk in, sraeoth. faced, eyes roefiaed to bo sore pretty much, all the time and hair the color af a carrot. He chewed tobaeca, but did nor drink. He -was possessed of that emiaent and. rare virtue kaoKvn as silence to a degree I have never seen equaled. He hndan GccasioBal outburst of word, and generally in the shut your mouth -tad teed to your own fcasraesa style, for yon. know a boy of hfe? ap-jearanes attracted and eontincnUy tempted the wit fiends of Comrany D. But I saw th( raun. is him. very eoon after we got m, and no soldier wiH ever forget, him that has passed thresh the fire with. him. "Bless you, Frank, wherever you are! You. let your enfield riae your taikmr;, and. -while ot&crs wouH.be hasgate; aoray, yoa would take deliberate aim aad fire and load as eoolly as if you were snooting squirrels. At the battle of fMr-Vn-inrif-n, Frank never fired ha gun be cause he could not see the eaemy, declaring that he wouM not wasw his ammunition e& nothing. I have not the slightest dsebe that Frank was a real "mother s boy" at home, arivinsrup, the cows, helping to miUc and nursing the baby, but, I teil yaa. ia a fight he wa- every inch a man, and a very tall ooe as that. There was comfort in having him sear yets ia festie. End, as he and fancied each other very much, we -were pretty close together. He eodd not sing fanny soozs aad whistle Hke the ether boys, hut of all the mnise nature ever heard the sound of his rifle was the sweetest. jacket sleeves struck him betweea tho writs aad the elbow, aad his haversack dwizTt reach half way to his hip, but his tali form aad. his beaming eyeswere always m tho base when his company was cafied to meet danger. The reader should keep in mind the fact that these Kentucky Confederates were really orphans in the sense that rh- p.r-iHtPn and nrfrhrm a 15 the iicrtnenr boys did in Pennsyl fania: The u titer was wounded as r-""?l"!1-xnd carried to theWidocr Heed's house, at EeedTs bridge, tvhere Eate's brimtde hospital was estaalished- ia the room with me were General Helm and Hafesr See F Graves, and cm the same nmttresK. laid oa the Soor. was a young- man from the Xinth Haarneky. who was- shot through, the upper part of the body. The passagsf and. yard were fall of greasing aad dying-soldiers. 3rs- 2eed. was F-n to and fro. rendering- aH the assistance is her power aad muck distret-ed over eur pitmfcle I r0? ilajar Graves -was msrtafly vonaded and sf- ! . E got ten dsvs for. fcaocfciq apleece-gr-fn- rif -rifwr impn agony The yonng ri- TnnTI ccrwn.'1 ' w" cier who shared my msttrfca as ia greaS -x"R"G-ten Cava iaz. oca peocBAa?" pain, and. when, this dear. gBcd -woman "wwrid pt- -f tj " " ' -cngeto enr bed he vonTri tae-hpr 2yiT7dT. . - ' isg- her that she remiaded Twm so mack of 1m own. IovetLmotfier in. Kkuuwky. TSs W?3sL . TTtnfWr icniiTd rnfHt dimvr UR.tfee-agfrgSB VL Mm. and.- do aH her poor, hrcfceB. heart esaSL to soothe- MzLin. Ms excrsemtisg- sgffrrfagaad. X say hrcten hrarted, because she tcld an she YtnH rvro hoys nt that same "battle, from wfesta: she had not heard. Tcrs. can frmfTTwe-her-frei-isgs. X heard her m v .-eif repeatedlj- say after this poor hoy had t-?od her-wriBkled hafids asd addressed her assother, "I am. onl doii ar you. nry son, "what 1 hop seae other mother is doing- for my Doys,ir tbeyseed.it, if God ynHs they are yet alive." After General Helm's death, spates -svread-jaraistered to us three "srho yet IrrwL, asd the awfcl -n-to: was pasted in silence is. that chamber of "When, aonrag ease, I swoke to find 3fcs-Seediseeliajf over a corpse as my side. The gentle yoHngSfiHrackysot diertoy had given, his aH for the land he loved, and, though, his own. mother "raa not there- to kiss h cheek and sob cuther heart over his form, the Eeed boy's mother drcpfx-d her tears and prayers over him. As -wralc sad nearly txneonscious as Iifis the scene "vraa. impressed, npon me so X-xill never forget it, Grsve"Hear ly gone. Helm and this hricht lad already at rest, and only X of the occupants left. The mother had not remained. Iohr- after I awoke r"'tt grip- started at smsesomwl familiar-to- her. and a. mcmcnt after two straw? men Lhadher in their arms. Her boys had come hack safe. The unique feature of the-bivouacs of these Kentuckians campaigning "far. far from home" was the glee club of the "Orphan brigade." 2une of the II ar lists in the band belonged, to the Fourth Kentucky. Says' "Joyce's narra tive: When one- is far ssray and alose in. the solemn: hours cf night, it fs only a step fax hnagination to hear "Sounds From "Home." io narr can. I hear the old glee clab of the First Kentucky 'brigade. Ar"', from the hills of Tennessee htcT Georgia, and thn pines of the 30ssissippi and South Carolina come the -weir come strains of "Neapolitan, "Oft In the Stmy2ght," etc A1L along- the campaigns ctrrclub -was ready to sing- and play, "but onr real, unalloyed pleas ere commenced "when, -weary and tvorn and scarred and discolored by the sail of the in rrenchments four months' incessant light ing the joyful new3 came that tp -were to be rSCTDEXT AT V.FS r. mounted. TfThat glad shouts went up from rank j andfHe! What happy notes went from throat . and fiddle and flute and horn! The glee club j sang- "" played from EarnesviUe, Gcu, to ' Dora's gold mine, ia South. Carolina- We met I with cordial receptions everywhere. The sol I diers vied with, each, other in pointing out fine 1 looking houses in our vicinity. "Even our genr eralwould oftenask us Ebys, ain't yongoinff I euttanignt? I saw a splendid looking house i over there," indicating the direction by a co- tion of the arm. A citizen wok heard to- say to . him one day, -General,! wish yon wculd. sesd ! them siagin boys over to my house tonight." I The general sent us and went along with his I staff. These Kentuckians had camp pets which shared their fortunes and their dangers. A Company E soldier made a pet of a yonng dog that followed him into the battle cf Sbiloh and remained, by him, close to a battery in -action, until he- was killed. A deg named Frank, which belonged to Company B, was a favorite with the wbole regi ment, and although he was many times wounded served until near the close of the Atlanta campaign, when the soldier deg, like many a noble soldier boy, passed into history, "fate unknown." At the battle of Eesaca the "Or phans" f ought behind breastworks near an abandoned farmhouse. A kitten strayed between the lines when shot and shell and bullets were flying like hail, but one of the brave Kentuckians sprang over the works, caught the kit ten and bore it Eafely inside- It became a pet of the battery "attached to the bri gade, and on the march was to be seen perched on the caisson or across the shoulder of an artilleryman-. When Atlanta felL the Kentucky remnant was mounted to ie-enfcrce Wheeler's cavalry in opposing Sher man's march to the sea. The men lived on rice and fed their horses rice straw. Cress country scouts and "rail pen" battles daily and almcHt hourly furnish - f" ed plenty of escitemnt and. equal hard ship until one day iirApril, 1865, word passed along the line of the "Orphans" engaged in a skirmish that Lee had sur rendered and shooting must be stopped-. They notified t ueir icemen, shook hands and laid down their arms forever de feated, ruined, ostracized " Orphans." George L. Kmnra. A CrueL KefiecttoB. An nld country gentleman belonging to Lancashire, rr turning home rather late, discovered a yokel with a lantern under his kitchen window, who, when asked his business there, stated that he had only come a-camrting. "Come a-whaty cried the irate gen tleman. "A-ccurticg, sir. Irze courting Ifcry." "It's a lie l"1 exclaimed the old gen tleman. "What do you. want a. lantern for: I never used one when I was s young man." "lt sir," was the yokel's reply r l don't think you did, judging bjf the aiissia. " Lcrjdcn Tit-BJts. Aneat the "Vaptre, "I wonder," raid the landlady, "jus what 3Ir, Kipling meant by 'a rag, a bone and a hank of hair? " It gonnds to me," said Asbury Pep pers, "as if he were attempting "the de scrip tinn of a plate of ijasia. Cincinsiati Enquirer. The JbBtsway. She softly stole tip. tn hij side. Her footsteps: made na scund. He stsod a.- if he'd been entranced Aad never looked arotrad. And srvif tly yanked Mm hence. And played a tattoo A piece- of picker fence. Oevfrfrrart rfwder. "Oh. say, Prondly. I was vsry goery 6e hear that yon had lost aH your naeney." La55 all my money I1 r snorsed Prssd and he prcdaced a roll thatIed hifec "l-t mc take twenty ti as5owx eld mac" Detrcit "Free Press, Aae titer Xajcatlce. ""VThere's yer fcrotfier gosr to lately, Lizarr 3cBStffl 81 SflSAX JSC&t Ah iaqsesi was held recently before J4ge Stier in JTewTcrk: to se tannine the amse cf the death of Cliqaot, & Mae astf tan terrier which perished tin der suspicious circainstsiicgs en Feb. 7 at the ae of 4 souths. The prcceed iag took the form of a suit foe $99 dam ages, brought by Burton. Hsrley, Cli qotTs owner, against Samuel K. John sob, the pruprietcr cf the New York: Veterinary hospitaL. Mr. Harley, who was once a min strel, hst bow raises dogs, said that Oicptct's appetite fell cS in February as& sn eruption broke out on him. He took: him to the hospital, where Dr. Ho senkranz gave him a prescripticn ccn tainirtg arsenic, opiusi asd two ounces of sazTOBUca. He was directed to give the pep three spccnfnls a day of the Bixture. The druggist advised him to give only half a dose. He administered half a spoonful. Cliquot was seized with tremors, and in one minute was dead. Harley thinks the medicine did it The defense contended that distem per caused death. New York Herald. Casot Drive Blax. From. 3Cahroems. Representative Updegraif of Iowa no longer wears beets. Since the paragraph abest his footgear appeared recently he has. been so pestered with fmmy remarks that ha self defense he has taken to wearing shoes. But nothingcould drive Mr. TTpdegraft to relinquishing his de votion to the mushroom. Out in Iowa he is known, as "Toadstool Tern." He knows every variety of mushroom from the plain black and white variety to the gorgeous orange colored beauty that springs up m a night in the dark, dank woods. As for distinguishing between the edible mushroom and the poisonous toadstool, which is so difficult to most people, Mx. Dpdegraff can tell the dif ference with his eyes shut. Exchange. Into rntarity. TJSs an era of achievement. We have had the telephone. In spite of aH the ticubc and the derision, that were shown The genius of progression plodded on without dismay A- mechanics, linked with. lightning, took .control and came to stay. the lifting cf a kettle lid that showed power of steam the locomotive more substantial ' than a dream, lnA who shall say what mighty things may not be swept ia reach. tSnea the member from Hawaii takes the floor to make a speech? There are problems which we've handled op to date with scant success. If the new state does no more with, them, it scarcely can do less. Tis said a distant view oft make relation ships more clear Tfran a microscopic study through, a glass that's held to near. Perhaps these myst'riesj of "hard times" like clouds will dear sway When the man from Honolulu, takes the case ia haad some day. Xew hope, at all eveats, will hang on what he has-to teach. When the member from Hawaii takes the fiocr to make a speech. Washington Star. Legal Notices. OTICE ZOR PTJBUCATIOir. Load Office at Serai. Platte, Xeh 7 July 6th. 1S3T. f Notice is hereby givea that the following-named settler has flietl notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof wilt be made before Begister anil Eeceiver at JTorth. Platte. 5eU on Aaaust 17th. 15S7,vic wtxxiam: w. jot.t.tff. who made Homestead Entry Ko. 1239 for the northwest quarter ef iectioa 32. In tornhip II north, range 3t west. He names the following witnesses to prove his conrhmoo residence npna and cultivation of gold land, viz: Martin H. 3f e Dermott, John JIcCooneL, George 1 tiller aad Cecil TseU, all of Somerset, Seb. JOHS T. HUnTAS", Begbter. NOTICE FOR PrBLICATIO.Y. Laad OtSce at Sorth Platte. S"eb.. July 13ta.lfi3T. f Sbtice la hereby given that the fotlowing-nnmcd settler has filed notice of his intention u maie anal proof in support of his riafm. aad that said proof will be made before Register and Beceivez at JTorth Platte. Seb- on Angnst 2it, 1SUT. vizt CHAHTxES A. LQKEE. who made Homestead Entry X- 13SS. far the west half of the northwest quarter and northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and northwest quarter of the northeast quarter section 25. town ship It north, range 33 west. He names the fol lowing witnesses to prove his continuous residence opon and cultivation of said land, viz: John Ahlborn. Leonard laabner. Charles W. Keys and Ananst Murphy, all of Sutherland. Seb. 6M JOES' T. HUrMAS", Begister ET THE COCXTY COUKT OF LXXCOEX COCS TY, KEBBASKA. To Peter B. Wyknff. John DUlon. James 3T. Ham, executors of the Estate of Sidney Dillon, de ceased, and the nakaowa heirs of said Sidney Dillon, defendant. To a and each of you wiH take notice that on the lith day of July, the Suburban. Irrigation District of Lincoln county. Nebraska, plaintiff, filed Us petition against you in the County Court of Lincoln county, Xecraska, the object and prayer of which are that the Jnage of said court shall appoint fire appraisers, cai-iaterested free holders of Mid county. ti ascertain the compensa tion to be paid by the plaintia! to said defendants for a right of way Hot a lateral Canal across the following-lands of said defendants, to-wit: The northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast qoarier of section 3, and lots 1 and 1 of section HI. township EI, range 30 west of Hth P. 3L. la Lincoln county. Nebraska. Said petition will be heard in said court ea the EMU day of August, liflT, at one o'clock kt the afternoon of said day. at which time you and each, of you are required to show cause, if nay there be, why the prayer of said petition should pot be granted. Dated Sorth Platte. Sebrasfca. July 12th, 197. SUBUBBAK rERIGATIOS" DISTRICT. ByT. CP-tmratios, Its Attorney. 60-4 PROBATE XOTTCE. The two instmments purporUmr to be last wiBs of Charles J. Johnson, on dated August "'1. i.'J t. and the other dated August 'ii. 13U4. ia each of which T. T. Hareott i named as executor, are this d 1 jtfTed tor probata. The same are set for hear ing in county eoort of Lincoln county, Nebraska, on August 3th. 1S3T. at 1 p-m. JAMES M. EAT, County Judge- FOR FIXE RIGS at EEASOKABLE PSIC GO TO Elder & Lock's Stable. Northwest Corner Comrt-hoase: (f-l&ar. 1st ImjMtsn'r, Ltn af Hmsimed, Seminal EmtofnrrtrSfL hii 1 in ir. Tiillii mi in. Tiffnnri 11 Lms af litmery As- WIU aos mn- mttaeBex. Aa&ssa ST.LOUfe. UO. Sold by North Ptarta Pharmacy, J. EL Eosb, Marruzer- V AnVmad 11 3e I First National Batik,- A. F. STREITZ Drugs, Medicines, Paints, IP A T NTEES; WINDOW GLASS, D entsclie A.p otliele. Corner of SDruce and Sixth-sts. THOSE NE"W STYLE I REFRIGERATORS Are selling rapidly. The many good zs "Zz points possessed by them, can easily be 3 ascertained by an inspection. ... s p GASOLINE STOVES Are being sold by us cheaper now than jp1 ever before in fact we are making a 3 S 65leader" of them. 'We handle the best in the market. Come in and see them. p GARDEN HOSE, SPRINKLERS, E and other seasonable goods are car- 5 ried in stock, together with a complete line of Hardware. "We still sell Biey- cles and bicycle supplies. 3 Foley Block. "Who no one Owes. 3 C. F. IDDINGS LUMBER, C AND GRAIN Order by telephone from Is ewton?s Book Store. N. McCABE, Proprietor. North Platte Pharmacy. Drugs and Druggists5 Sundries. We aim to foandltr the best grades of goods Sell everything at reasonable prices, and 3fe warrant all goods to be jest as represented. AH Preocriptlons Carefully Filled by a Licensed Pharmactst- Orders from the country and along; tie line of the Unia Pacific Eailvray is respectfully solicited. First door north, of First National Bank. WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT, WINDOW GXSSTTAEXISHES, GOLD LEAF, GOJLD PATXT, BRONZES, ARTISTS COLORS AXD BRUSHES. PIANO AISD FUEXTTURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOUSE AND BUGGY PAINTS KALS03HNE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES. ESTABLISHED JULY 1S68. - - - 310 SPRUCE STREHF- YIEI SAMPLE EQOM IE 1T0ETE PLATTE Having refitted onr rooms in ta LEiYiLcu. tu cuu auu. tee us, msanng raarseotrs treat menu. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar., Onr billiard ball is supplied with ihe cest make of tables and competent attendants will snppiy all your wants KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE x'HE SKION PACIFIG i)E01T GAPI3!AL, - 850,000: SUEPLUS, - - $22,500. H.S.WMf- - - EreadenL P. A. White, - - - TCe&Etesfr ilrtliiir McNamard, - Cashier. A general banking business transacted. STJuP-PIZTES, MACHINE" OILS J. . BUSH, Manager. the finest of style, the pcbHc OAL