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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1897.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
A. M. POST.
For "University Regents,
C. V. KALEV,
J. N. DRYDEN.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For County Treasurer,
A. C. BARRY, of Buchanan Precinct.
For County Clerk,
W. M. HOLTRY, of Sutherland.
For Sheriff,
CLAUDE WEINGAND, of North Piatte.
For Supt, Public Instruction,
BERTHA THOELECKE, of Osgood Prect
For County Judge,
A, S. BALDWIN, of North Platte.
For Survej-or,
CHAS. P. ROSS, of North Platte.
For Coroner,
N. F. DONALDSON, of North Platte.
For Commissioner, First District,
WM. WOODHURST, of North Piatte.
THE PRINTING STEAL.
The Era evaded the question pro
possed to it in our last issue.
That is: If the publishing of
the delinquent tax list in the Era
cost $1000 at legal rates, as the
Era says it will, would not the pop
ulist board of county commission
ers have saved the county $750 by
accepting The Tribune's offer to
publish it at one fourth legal rates?
This is a straight forward ques
tion that can be answered "ves or
no
J!
It will be no answer to say that
at some other time full legal rates
had been paid for this work when
there was no competitive bid.
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THE COUNTY TREASURY.
The Era and the populist officials
have had ajjpod deal to say about
John Clarlr not haying collected as
much interest on the county funds
as has Butler Buchanan. What
ever difference there has been in
this matter was an honest difference,
as to what funds were subject to the
provisions of the depository law
wmch was then new.
as it was constructed by the attor
ney general of this state. That the
courts have since disagreed with the
attorneT general's construction of
the law is no reflection on Clark.
But there is one thing that Clark
did do. He turned over to his suc
cessor in office every dollar belong
ing to the county that came into
his hands. Will Butler Buchanan
do that mnch?
Under Clark's management of the
county treasury, the first consider
ation was the safetv of the public
money and not a dollar was lost.
But under populist mismanagement
the question has been how to farm
out the public mone3T to forward
the political fortunes of the populist
officials and the result is the loss to
the county of many thousands of
dollars of the taxpayers' mouer.
What becomes of the boasted
amount of interest earned oil coun
ty funds under the present manage
ment. The county treasury would
be several thousand dollars ahead if
there had been no interest earned
and the principal had been safely
kept.
THE BARTLEY DEFALCATION.
Now comes Frank Ransom one of
the state chairmen of the triple
headed fusion state ticket and
charges that Governor Holcomb ap
proved the Bartley bond for his
second term knowing that Bartley
was then a defaulter.
This makes Governor Holcomb a
part' to Bartley 's defalcation. j
The law made it his duty to com- J
pel Bartley to account for every j
.dollar of the state money at the
- 6nd of his first year before approv
ing his bond for a second term.
JHad he done this the state would
not have lost a dollar.
We do not condone Bartley's
crime bu t coudem n it as has every re
publican newspaper in the state and
we demand that Holcomb to shall
T "be prosecuted for his failure to do
' his duty. No party has a monop
oly of honesty or dishonesty.
The people have, through their
legislature, proyided that the gover
. nor, who actually handles none of
the money, shall compel thet state
treasurer to account for the pub
lic funds, that the governor shall
requirei&good and sufficient bond
of'thlpjate treasurer.
While the Bartley bond at the
tinie.of its. ppro3
was probably
soo&f .now
elops that the
l nave manipu
" propert
to cover it up
lent or have moved
lave
at the bond is
from the wort
now aim PPU
Yet
we find
that tl3 bond
reasurer
Mesenreties as
fchS
the
le state is again "
to nie3
another heavy loss
through
do his
ie' failure of Holcomb to
, "nrin
from the
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"W. J. Bryan's Short Political Cate
chism, 1896. Edition.
What has caused the fall
price of wheat?
in
the
Ansxver The crime of 1873 has
caused the decline of silver, and as
an ounce or silver will alwavs ex
change for a bushel of wheat, wheat
has declined with silver.
AVhafc has caused the decline in
the price of corn?
Ans Corn has declined with the
fall in the price of silver the same
as wheat.
What has caused the decline in
the price of cattle and hogs?
Ans Cattle and hoes have de
clined in value with the fall of
silver for the same reason that wheat
has fallen.
What has caused the price of
horses to decline?
Ans The value of horses has de
clined because of the fall of silver,
the same as wheat and all other
products.
What has caused the decline in
the value of cotton?
Ans Cotton has fallen in price
like wheat, because of the crime
against silver in 1 873.
Why are there two million men in
the country who cannot get work?
Ans Because of the crime of
1873.
What will be the effectof McKin
ley's election ?
Ans A still further decline in
prices and the throwing out of em
ployment millions of men and the
ruin of all our industries-
What shall the country do to be
saved?
Ans Fall down and worship at
the shrine of millionaire silver mine
owners and vote for their hired
man, W. J. Bryan.
W. J. Bryan's Short Political Cate
chism, 1897 Edition.
Why does silver continue to de
cline and the pricp of wheat con
tinue to advance.
Aus The sh'ortage of the wheat
crop in Europe. ,
Why has corn advanced nearly
50 per cent over the price of one
year ago?
Ans The shortage of the wheat
crop in Europe.
Why has cattle advanced in
price?
Ans The shortage of the wheat
crop in Europe.
How do you account tor the big
advance in the price of hogs?
Ans It is due to the shortage of
the wheat crop in Europe.
What has caused the advance in
the price of horses in the United
States?
Ans The shortage of the wheat
crop in Europe.
What has furnisherLrp1oyment
to the thousands 'of men who were
Idle one year ago?
Ans The shortage of the wheat
crop in Europe.
Why is it that there is more
money in circulation now, and the
rates of interests lower than ever
before?
Ans U is due to the shortage of
the European wheat crop.
Why is it that the reports of the
clearing houses show that this coun
try is doing more business and
money circulating faster than it ever
done before?
Ans It is all owing to the short
age of the wheat crop in Europe.
Why is it that the railroads are
working to their fullest capacity,
employing more labor and paving a
greater volume of money for labor
than ever before?
Ans It is due to the shortage of
the wheat crop in Europe.
Why is it that there are so many
men who voted for Bryan and free
silver who swear they will do so no
more?
Ans Owing to the shortage of
the wheat crop in Europe.
Why was is that the populist party
in Nebraska permitted a handful of
democrats to force upon them as
their candidate for supreme judge a
democratic corporation plugger?
Ans It was all on account of
the shortage of the wheat crop in
Euroue.
Which was the greater crimp, the
demonetization of silver-iu 1873 or
the shprtage of the wheat crops in
Europe in 1897?
Aus The shortage ot the wheat
crop in Europe in 1897.
Mr. Bryan should know better
then to make such a remark as he
is credited with making iu his
speech at the Kansas City Carni
val. "When he said if the republi
cans were going to claim the credit
for.raising the price of wbeat they
should also accept the responsi
bility for lowering the price of
corn, he deliberately and dishon
esty misstated the fact about corn
There can be no warrant or excuse
for such a falsehood. If he is cor
rectly quoted, and we find the false
statement in his organ, the Omaha
World Herald, the only proper con
clusion is that he is either stupid
or dishonest. "Why should he want
to talk snch nonsense to the
American people when. a compari
son of market quotations of the
day on which he made that asser
tion showed corn to be more then
40 per cent higher then on that
date one year ago? He is desperate
straits when he is compelled to de
scend to such depths of dishonesty.
He talks too much. Fremont
Tribnne.
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OJLLABY.
A dear littlo head of golden hair .
Pillowed against my breast,
A dear little smile on her faco so fair
My darling, sweetly rest!
Two dear little eyes of bonny bine,
With their lids to my Hp3 close prcsscu,
A dear little heart that beats so true
Hy darling, sweetly reaM
A dear littlo face has my little Loy, - -A
dear littlo form to caress,
A dear little life that gives me joy
Sleep, darling, and take your restl
-May Smith Eggleston in Detroit Free Press.
SEEBACH AND THE AGENT.
A German Story of an American Attempt
to Room a Sewing Machine.
The following story, which was pub
lished in German in connection with
the death of Marie Seebach, tho noted
German actress, shows very well the
conception of American affairs which
still prevails in Germany to a certain
extent. Seebach was here more than 20
years ago, and it is scarcely possible
that such an incident as is described
would have taken place then, but many
such stories are told in Germany today
as illustrative of American enterprise.
According to this reminiscence Marie
Seebach oue day received a message that
a gentleman wished to see her. She
told the servant to send him to her
drawiug room in the hotel, and whea
he arrived he introduced himself as a
certain Colonel Smith. Then ho plunged
at the object of his visit and said that
ho represented a certain well known
make of sewing machines.
"I havo already heard," he said,
"that you aro a great artist. I want to
find out if you aro a good business wo
man as well. Do you want to make
some money ? '
"Oh, I've no objections to make to
that," she said, "if it is possible in a
perfectly correct and dignified way."
"Oh, it's in the most correct way
possible that I propose," the visitor
continued, "and I offer you $10,000 for
doing it"
"What have I to do in return:" ask
ed Seebach.
"Nothing in the world," the colonel
replied, aud as he noticed the expres
sion of astonishment on her faco he
went ou: "I told you that I camo from
a sewing machine company one of the
largest in the world. All that I demand
of you in return for tho 10,000 is that
as Marguerite in tho spinning wheel
scene from 'Faust' you will use cue vf
our sewing machines instead cf the
wheel, and just keep it in motion for a
few seconds. Then we would let hand
bills drop from tho gallery, saj-ing that
tho machine used by Marie Seebach
was made by our firm. "
The actress is said to have hesitated
for a setr-VnA yijtho end, her re
spect for GoecJu Ix'agedy is described
as the feeling which saved her artistio
reputation.
This story is of a typo that disap
peared from general use. 40 years ago.
It is'of the kind told about P. T. Ear
nuni in the earlier days of his career,
but stories of tho kind still pass muster
in Europe, although a press jaenJtJKhf)
atteniedairvjlnj.g.nf-itind in this
Country would soon lose his job. New
York Sun.
The Use of the Great Too.
The iiegroes cf the West Indies uso
the great too constantly in climbing.
Several years ago, while spending some
time at one of the famous resorts in Ja
maica, I had an opportunity to observe
tho skill with which the black women,
who do a great part of the menial labor,
carried stone, mortar and other build
ing materials on their heads to tho top
of a five story tower iu a part of the
hotelmot then finished.
Much of the unerring accuracy with
which they (women and girls) chased
each other up and down the long .lad
ders, with heavy loads skillfully poised
on their woolly pates, was due to the
firmness with which they grasped each
rung of the ladders with the great toe.
They did not place the ball or the hol
low of the foot on the rung, but the
groove at tho juncture of tho great tee
with the bony of the foot, aud thcy
held fast by making tho back 'of tlie
other toes afford the other gripping sur
face. In much the same way the Abys
sinian native cavalry grasp the stirrup.
And I have seen a one armed Santo Do
mingan black, astride the near ox in a
wheel yoke, guiding a lead mule with
a rein held between his great and sec
ond toes, while his only arm was devot
ed to cracking his teamster's whip.
Overland Monthly.
Endure Hardship.
As a gladiator trained the body, so
must we train the mind to self sacrifice,
"to endure all things," to meet and
overcome difficulty and danger. We
must take the rough and thorny reads
as well as the smooth and pleasant, and
-a portion at least of our daily duty
must be hard and disagreeable, for the
mind cannot be kept strong and healthy
iu perpetual sunshine only, and the
most dangerous of all states is that of
constantly recurring pleasure, case and
prosperity. Most persons will find diffi
culties and hardships enough without
seeking them. Let them not repine, but
take them as a part of that educational
discipline necessary to fit tho mind to
arrive at its highest good. New York
Led par
Animate Advertising.
The latest thing is a human sand
wich man trust, tho corporate name of
which is the "Animate Advertising
company," and the object of which is
"the exhibition of animate and inani
mate advertising. "
IWado For Each Other.
Hicks I suppose that it is a bargain
between Dick and Miss Sparker. They
seem made for each other
Wicks Yes. As soon as they met he
made for her, andsho inado for him.
Boston Transcript.
In Brussels the height of house front
age in public streets is determined by
the width of the street. The maximum
height is 60 feet
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QUICK ON THE SHOOT.
SOME TRUTHS AND SOME MYTHS
ABOUT CRACK SHOTS IN WAR.
Lamar Fontaine's Boasted Deeds Impossi
ble "California Joe" on the Peuinsala.
The Marksman Who Bronchi Down
Jab Stuart Corps of Sharpshooters.
Copyright, 1S97. by American Press Asso
ciation. Book rights reserved.
HEN imagiua
tion gets to work
among soldiers
fighting " ' their
battles over, it is
very easy to over
?v , n rt it 'Ibis Las
CPvj happened to ta
V y3s mar Fontaine, a
xexau ijouieaer
ate who puts sill
story tellers vto
the blush in nar
rating his es-
, iploits.
Ono of Fon
taine's tales is to
tho effect that he shot and killed (50
Federal soldiers in 60 minutes. He says
that he did this at the battle cf Water
loo Bridge, Aug. 2G, 1862. Tho fact
that thero was no battle at Waterloo
Bridge during the Avar probably would
not shake Mr. Fontaine's confidence in
his memory, butr thero are other facts
that destroy the entire fabric of the re
markable tale.
Fontaine says that he shot one after
the other 60 battery men working at
tho Federal gun. Triere was no battery
on either sido which lost as many men
as that killed during the whole war.
Fontaiuo claims that General Lee stood
by and watched him until the sixtieth
man fell and then told him to quit the
work of slaughter.
There was no occasion at Waterloo
Bridge for Lee to call for -any extraor
dinary services for disposing of any
Federal gun or detachment. The offi
cers on both sides and the men as well
were extremely reluctant to engage in
tho bloodthirsty sport which Fontaine
delights in telling about.
There were, of course, hordes of
sharpshooters, and commanders fre
quently had them stationed in special
places to do special work, but these
were simply regular fighting men, whose
methods rendered them especially effect
ive on certain occasions. They were
picked men, selected over their fellows
quite as much for other qualifications
as for their good aim.
The Confederates had many such spe
cial corps. Among the most noted was
that led by Major Broadbent in the
Army of Northern Virginia in 1864.
Broadbent was killed at the Petersburg
"crater." In that affair his men were
stationed some distance away from the
crest of the pit. with orders to keep
down the heads of the Federals, who
had been surrounded in the crater, slS
were making desperate efforts to get out
of tJje,tjaDw-'
"Detachments of sharpshooters were
favorites for advance guard work and
skirmishing at the opening of battles,
and very frequently individuals among
them took up favorable positions for
picking off important personages across
the lines. It s a wonder that more
prominent officers were not shot down
by individual marksmen, and more ol
them would have been shot down if it
had been a habit with them to take po
sitions on tho extreme front line, as
Fontaine claims that General Lee did
It is extremely doubtfnl whether Gen
eral Lee or any other general on either
side of equal rank and responsibility
would deliberately expose himself with
in range of a sharpshooter's bullet The
Federal generals suffered more from
crack rifle shots than did the southern
General Reno at South Mountain, Gen
eral Reynolds at Gettysburg, General
Sedgwick at Spottsylvania, were brought
down by men practicing crack shot.'
General McPherson was killed iu front
of Atlanta by an ordinary soldier, who
shot him down at close quarters.
The work of sharpshooters w'as mi
doubtedly more deadly iu the last years
of the war than it was in the first It
had become expedient to organize and
train detachments with this special
work in view Earlier in tho war the
practicing of sliarpshootiug was left
rather to individual inclination. Men
claiming to be crack shots were encouraged-
to ply their rifles at wall The
Pennsylvania "Bucktails" wero scat
tered in companies and battalions
throughout tho Army of the Potomac
Berdau's United States sharpshooters
were also distributed in detachments
Some of tho regiments, notably those
from the northwestern states, brought
to the front companies of trained marks
men. "On the peninsula in 1862 I saw a
character very much poted in the army
at that time, bnt who soon dropped in
to obscurity, either becanso he had too
many rivals or his performances wes
not equal to his fame. This was "Cali
fornia Joe. " Dressed in the costume of
a western hunter, pioneer and scout,
"California .loe" looked very pictur
esque iu the camps with uniformed sol
dicrs He belonged to Berdan's sharp
shooters ' Many stories were told at that
time of his clever shots, but my recol
lection is that they were not so extraor
dinary considering what was afterward
done. A story has recently been circu
lated to the effect that "California .loe'
brought a Confederate sharpshooter
down out of a tree at 1,500 yards range.
It is said that he performed this feat in
the presence of distinguished personages
and that President Lincoln was one who
saw the deed. I do not recall any stories
of that kind during the war, but I do
remember that "California .loe" was a
noted character among the soldiers He
parried a .harp's rifle which . he had
used iu California. One of his exploits
was the killing of a colored sharpshoot
er at about 500 yards distance, the
marksman shooting through the hole
of an old chimney in front of Yorkrown.
Berdan's men," like the famous Penn
sylvania "Bucktails," needed no fancy
marlismraiship to give them fame. Both
m Y it .11
corps were mane up ot nrst- cir.ss -an
round" soldiers, whicb included a very
clever aim with.thc rifle. Berdan's men
were selected for their excellent habits
and good physique as well as their effi
ciency with the. rifle. Their test was to
put fen consecutive shots within au av
erage of five inches from. the center of a
target, shooting offhand at i00 paces
and 200 paces at a resk Many hit the
bullseye every time at that distance.
When the men reached the front, they
were again specially trained for scout
ing, .harpsbooting, skirmishing and
Awarded'.
Highest Honors World's Fair,
. Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
buShwliacklng, wotk tbat proved In tho
end indispensable in great battles.
Unt of the ranks of Bcnhm's First
regiment came tho crack shot who dis
tanced all his fellows in picking cfE
high game. Jeb Stuart fell under a bnl-
let fired by John A. Huff of Company
E, Fifth Michigan cavalry. Early in
the war Huff had been cuo of Berdan's
prize marksmen. Afterward he enlisted
in Colonel Russell A. Alger's cavalry
regiment. At the battle cf Yellow Tav
ern in trout of Richmond tho Fifth
Michigan charged and drove the Con
federates through a wood into an open
space, and the order was given to ceaso
firing. A Confederate officer surrounded
by his staff rode up within 80 yards of
the halted Michigan squadrons. One of
the men fired at the Confederate with
out effect. Huff said to the unlucky
marksman, "Tom, yon shot too low
and to tho left. " Colonel Alger sat on
his horse near by, and Huff turned to
him, saying, "I can fetch that manl"
"Try him," and Colonel Alger. Huff
had dismounted, and, taking deliberate
aim across a fence, fired. The officer fell,
and Huff said to Colonel Alger, "Thero
is a spread eagle for you. " Tho officer
proved to be General Job Stuart, a man
whose death was mourned in tho Con
federacy as much as Stonewall Jack
son's. Huff was a remarkable shot He
was killed shortly afterward iu a cav
alry battle iu front of Richmond.
The kind of work which .Fontaine
unblushiugly beasts as having been en
gaged -in was looked upon by men of
"cai.ifu:n-ia jof."
both sides as cold blooded murder.
There were soldies, so called, who dis
graced their colors, both of blue and of
gray, by a fiendish revelry in Llcod. I
know personally that in some cases
whero these savages met their deserts
men who had the misfortune to be their
comrades rejoiced quite as heartily as
did the enemy 4
At Spottsylvania the sole resource for
drinking water was a spring in a ravine
just outside of the lines cf the Second
and Ninth Federal corps. The pathway
to that spring was lined with the corpses
of men who risked their lives to get a
drink of water The bloody work was
done by a single sharpshooter stationed
in a tree some distance up the ravine
Many good shots had volunteered to si
lence tho wretch, hut had not succeed
ed Filially some one willed in a well
known Indian marksman, from a Mich
igan regiment. I think. Ho took some
time to the work, part of a day and a
night, bnt when he got through thero
was no move shr.rpshoctir.g down that
ravine at the men going to the spring
The Indian Lronght in seme tangible
evidence of bis skill I have forgotten
just what the evidence was, bnt it was
in tho nature cf a Confederate body
dressed in gray or a .scalp At .any rate,
tho murderous rifle was silenced, aud
after thaf there was no scarcity cf wa
ter in our camp I say "cur" because 1
was there, and I remember cue day tak
ing a long and wistful fc.ck ('.own the
ravine toward that spring. Let a look
was enough I cr.t a piece cf bright
lead out of a bullet, held thut in my
uiontli to assuage thirst and concluded
to wTait.
The Confederate sharpshooters at
Gett3-sbnrg were wonderfully proficient
Given a few more cf them and a little
more time, they would have destroyed
our line upon Littlo Round Top. As it
was, they killed two generals, a com
mander of a battery and scores of men
in the ranks. But at Gettysburg tho
Federal sharpshooters were a match for
the men in gray Berdan's riflemen ad
vanced early on July 2 far to the front
and discovered that movement of Long
street's corps around the left flank of
the army which came so near proving
fatal to the national cause. They fought
a sharpshooters' battle there for a ecu
pie of hours and afterward plied their
rifles from behind hayracks, wheat
shocks, trees, bnshes and rocks. During
the struggle in the peach orchard around
pcvil's Den and Little Round Top ono
Confederate battery was silenced, and a
pharging regiment in gray broke three
times in the face of the bnljseye shots
pf Berdau s rifleuieji.
Gkokgj: L. Iviljjek.
When tlin Mouarchs Met
When Willie Hohenzollom
Mot Frankie of Austreo,
Oh, 'twas a most nfTccting siht
For all the world to scc-I
Thero wore hues and Sines of soldiers.
And thc-y !ll wont real in-sane
When Willie dodxrd the tiorter
And dLsiuounted' fium the train.
Then Frankie sobbed with soulful joy,
The ioep!o yelled a peck,
And Willie grabbed him to his chest
And shed tears down his neck.
Then these nay and roya! frikers
' pacli JiLs fierce mnst:iek;o cm led,
gfised tho other by the whiskers,
Aud the smack wont round the world.
Oh, happy, happy rulers,
And happy all Austree,
Jo live so Ions uiron the earth
That happy sight to see!-
New York Pres3.
HORSE NEWS.
Efne Powers heat Ella T at Toledo.
Aiix, will soon be seen in
public.
Tho veteran Fred B seems off this
season.
Lodis victor cut his record to 2:1 0j
at Readville.
Little Van Zandt, 2:12, ssems cf rc
account this year.
The pacing filly Eabiua, 2:25, ty
Eonny Boy, has worked in 2:12.
. woousued nas a bad foot, but is rac
ing as gamely with it-as a sound horse
James Dnstin is now driving Jupe
(2), 2:132i, audthe rest of D. A.
Snell's horses.
Ttie iubmcer stable surely nas a
pair of queens in Grace Hastings, 2 :C8,
and Pearl Onward, 2:0GK-
It is reported that PJauet was timed
the last quarter of the' sixth heat of his
raco at Readville in 29? seconds.
George Turley, Albany, has bought
the Ohio pacing gelding Billy O, 2:0S,
by Hideaway, nt a reported price cf
$2,600.
Two great horses were never owned
by two better sportsmen than James A.
Murphy and C. W. Marks, owners of
Star Pointer and Joe Patchen.
Stam B, 2:llr. who broke down at
Anaconda, it was thought permanently,
is now eo far recovered that Keating
has begun work on him again.
Edward Appel writes from Rochester
that ho has given his 5-year-old mare
Alida, by Allertou, dam Young Bird,
sister to the dam of Axtell, a record of
Grattan Boy met defeat for the first
time in some weeks at Elmwood, Ills.
Regret heat him in straight heats, but
had to step tho half milo track there in
2:15 to do it.
Charleston,2:12, the former great
wi rr t nvco r 1 1 it rw n-ri- pn linn dnAti
firs t? nam as
biui uu jLit, ins. , uuuunu xi la iu.u
sou, Sir Charles, 2:15.
When John R. Gentry paced the
Syracuse half mile track in 2:06), he
finished the laht quarter in UOJ sec
onds. When RoLcit J, on the same day,
paced it in 2:05, he stepped the third
quarter in 2954 seconds. Horse Re
view.
STAGE GLINTS.
Maurice Grau aud family aro at Bai-
reuth as guests of Mme. Gosima Wag
ner.
Richard Golden has been engaged to
play the leiding part in the "Isle of
Champagne. "
"Tho Railroad King" is the title of
a new melodrama announced
production this season.
for early
An official report shows that there
are issued yearly in the theaters 01
Paris 2,890,000 deadhead tickets:
Mildred Holland, a Chicago actress,
is to play the leading role of Fan Fan
this season in "Two Little Vagrants."
Mr. Charles Hoy t" has decided to term
the comedy which will he given its first
production in Detroit, in December, "A
Day and a Night."
De Wolf Hopper made his dramatic
start 17 years ago in the New York
Comedy company. John Philip Sousa
was the musical director.
The manager cf tho Bostouians con
tradicts the statement that "Robin
Hood" would be withdrawn soon from
the repertory of tho organization.
Charles Frohmau has arranged to
present Paul Potter's new play, "The
Conquerors," simultaneously at the
Empire, in New York, and at St.
James', in London.
Some one has discovered not only
that William E. Gladstone, England's
Grand Old Amu, wroto a play long
years aco, Lut that at one time he as
pired to be an actor.
WINKS AT WOMEN.
Your rival nearly always has dimples
A woman's call has a postscript, the
same as her letters.
Tho real treasure of a homo is the
woman with an aptitude for finding ar
ticles that are lost.
When a doctor calls on a sick man,
his wife always has a private consulta
tion with him outside.
This world will not be entirely satis
factory to the women until some man
has givcu birth to a baby.
When a woman is anxious about her
husband, thero is a glitter in her eye
that does not show at any other time.
Wneu a woman gets a little money
ahead, instead of spending it ou her
husband she spends it on the spare bed
room.
A woman feels that she ha9 treated
all her neigiioors justly it she never
tried to get their hired girls away from
them.
Every woman, according to the story
sho tells to her second husband, was
forced into her first marriage by the
wishes of her parents. Atchison Globe.
FOREIGN FACTS.
The British mint coins
25 tons of
pennies every year.
The average rent of houses in Eng
land is 21 per annum.
The Japanese, who aie getting to be
great cig:iretto smokers, now use every
mouth 1:3,000,000 imported and 52,000,
000 native cigarettes.
Palermo, Sicily, has an averaco of
16? cloudless days a year and 02 of par
tial cloud and partial sunshine which
elsewhere would bo classed as fine days.
At Lille, France, tho police airested,
a few days ago, an engineer aud fire
man who, it is believed, have been do-
ing a smnggiing Business en a large
Gcalc for years from acrosg the Belgian
border. When arrested, 10,000 cigars
and many other dutiable articles were
found on their eugiue.
Ballard's Snow Liniment.
Mrs. Hamilton, Cambridge, IiK, says
1 had the rheumatism so bad I could
not raise my hand to my head. Ballard's
Snow Liniment has entirely cured me.
I take pleasure in informing my neigh
bors and friends what it has done for
me. Chas. Handley. clerk for Lay &
Lyman, Kewanee, 111., advises us Snow
Liniment cured him of rheumatism.
Why not try it? It will surely do you
good. It cures all inHammation,wounds,
sores,'CUte, sprains, etc. Price 50 cents.
Sold by The North PJatte Pharmacy,
J. E. Bugb,Mgr.
All the poetry, all the
romance, all that is ideal
in the wide, wide world,
is bound up in that one
word: "Mother
hood." A wo
man's greatest
happiness, her
greatest duty and
her greatest priv
ilege is to become
the mother of a
healthy, happy
child. Untold
thousands of wo
men fall short of
this because of
weakness and dis
ease of their wo
manly-selves. Either they live childless
lives, or for a brief spell are the. mothers
of puny, sickly children that bring them
only pain, and leave them only sorrow
The woman who suffers from weakness
and disease of the distinctly feminine or
gans is certain to become an invalid. No
woman can suffer in this way and be a
healthyi happy, amiable wife and a compe
tent mother. Troubles of thjs -nature sap
the streneth. rack the nerves, painTllnes of
suffering upon the face, destroy the temper '
make the once brisrht eves dull and the once
active brain sluggish, and transform a viva
cious woman into a weak, sickly, invalid.
This is all wroncr. it is all unnecessary.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a mar
velous medicine for ailing women. It acts
directly on the delicate and important
organs that bear the burdens of matern
ity and makes them strong and healthy.
It allays inflammation, heals ulceration.
soothes pain and tones and builds up the
nerves. It banishes the discomforts of the
expectant months and makes baby's com
ing easy and almost painless. It guarantees
the little new-.comer's health and an ample
supply of nourishments Thousands of
women have testified to its marvelous mer
its. An honest dealer will no.endeavor to
substitute some inferior preparation for the
sake of an extra little selfish profit.
I took Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
previous to confinement." writes Mrs. Corda
Culpepper, of Tanks, Cottle Co. Texas,. " and
iever did so well in my life. It is only-two
weeks and 1 am able to do my work."
In most healthv families you will find
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad
viser. For a paper-covered copy send 21
one-cent stamps, to cover mailing only.
Cloth bound .-51 stamps. Address Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. - ;
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In search, of a good cigar
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J. F. FILLION,
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