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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896,
. The county commissioners oL
Cheyenne county used the pruning
knife on officers' salaries lasbweekr
reducing- the county superintend
Jnt'e cnlnrv about S300 and the
county attorney S150;
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jIn Thursday'snssue of the Era
the populist county commissioners,
will-have an opportunity to explain
why -.they awarded the contract for
the county.publishing- to theirparty
Sran at full legal rates when The
Tribune offered to do the work for
one-fourth the legal rate.- Will
Hardin and Garrison explam to the
tax-payers why they refused tojsaye
the county eight hundred dollars?
At the meeting- of the assessors
in'March an attempt will be made
to have property assessed for 1898
at-one-fifth its actual value instead
of one-fourth, as has been the rule
for two years past. If the --affairs
of Iincoln county are managed in
an economical manner the rate of
taxation which prevailed prior to
18 is ample to meet all require
ments. Taxes in Lincoln county
are too high; of this there is. no
question and if the populists who
control the commissioners' board
cannot conduct the county business,
withless funds than they haveliad
for two. years past, let them re
sign Tand men appointed who have
business ability and capacity.
It is said that Lucien Stebbins
will this fall be a candidate for the
populist nomination for state sena
tor from this district. Two years
ago Mr. Stebbins was nominated,
foirrepresentative by the populists
more for the purpose of "closing
his mouth" than anything else, and
few of them expected o see him
elected, but he fooled them. He
was not only elected, but he re
fused to keep his mouth closed, and
itold.to the public some Aery inter
esting facts concerning the dirty
work performed by the populist
legislators. In view of truths he
told of the ringsters in the, legis
lature it is not likely the populists
of this senatorial district will give
him the nomination this fall, The
fapt is Stebbins is too honest to be
popular in the populist pary.
Among the exports not dimim
ishVd by the operations of the Ding
ley tariff may be mentioned Amer
ican horses. Recent auction sales
in New York, Cleveland and Chica
go indicate a much larger foreign
demand idr horses of speed, style,
and finish than ever betore known.
It is also noticeable that the home
market for fine horses has improved
as a consequence of better times
and more money to spend for lux
uries. The increased 'foreign de
mand is only another proof of the
facts that protection erects no
barriers against trade that are not
easily surmounted by superiority in
the quality of the articles offered
for sale. If we have what the world
wants, and if the price suits, the
world will buy of us, whether it be
horses," bicycles, locomotives, sew
ing .machines, watches, or food-
this is found in the largely in
creased volume of trade with, for-
" V
eign countries since the enactment
of the Dingley lawsays the Ameri--cari
Economist.
Ix Mr Bryan's speech at Chicago
on. Saturday we read' his desire
that the campaign of 1898 and the
greater one of i900 shall be fought
jrori the silver issue;pure;and simple.
We react also his apprehension lest
this issue shall be complicated with
the banking question. His at
tempt to lug in Gen. Jackson and
Jits fight against the banks of the
TJmtecL States is very signifi
cant, Jackson was one of the 4gold
bugs'of the period in which he
lived. - -The gold bill was passed
by jhjs . friends during' his ad
ministration and it bears his
signature Gold had been driven
out of circulation by the legal ratio
of IB to one, and there was a loud
v.- ,
demand, especially among " the
Jacko-men, that the ratio should
bechanged in such, away as-to
banish : sil ver and supplant it with
gdy.vi; Beaton was the leafier of
thi-riorenicitt in the senate, and
Befrtou was also the leader of the
Jackson weu in ihat body, lie
foMSghl for the i gojd bill and secured
its pfbssaeC To claim Jackson as
aslTerite in4 tie' face oi "these
r iiJ i i ; ii - i i.
aatae of history or a, remarkable
&rtemerit - of 1 'cheek !V N, Y.
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S Ti Citre CwtiM&H ifofever..
ak CaaoarsfeCad y Oatbartia
or 25c KG. C.tfcfcMlto
refaodamasy. - -
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Vji0kjfe$i vSery far iht tbt fature,
kmmSi'llki plating'oAioricaa
.forests will become productive indus
try. Preservation of old forests, with
their masses of dry underbrush and firs:
nn!Knn font-1 mic rf l ti 1aaroc "mi
Ilk J XUlljS ibUKbbWVlW V. l v j
be, advisable for some reasons. The
immense U33ses of firewood undoubted-.
It tend, to collect snow, which, by its;
gradual melting, furnishes a supply to
-the -reeer? irs be6Rih the, surface
of the groud. Snow thaws less quickly
Kderf th shade oftrees than.in the
1rhV wlighfe. Le5 wster, Aereforer
runs to spply Hoods and freshets-thaa
when the, snow is in4e to pass away
uall3Vv.)Siyi this question does not
,mffk;t thetiwbic iufirosts.
In i old Ifpreete, where there is a strug
gle for -life anipf , the trees by rea&oa
of thir growing- thinly together,
the reealt is. the necessity of waiting
aay years before the trees will reach
a size to make them desirable for tinir
ber purposes. "Where trees haye room to
grow and are properly cared for most
kinds of American trees will furnish
asefal timber in 20.or 80 years, .and for
la any other purposes they can , be em
ployed even younger. It takes well on
itb a century for thq struggling trees in
a dense wood to have any marketable
value.
While good timber is becoming grad
ually scarcer on account of our annual
forest fires, rising from the conditions
already stated, the demand is increasing;
and, what is more remarkable, Europe
is already calling on America for a sap
ply of lumber. American oak especially
is in great demand in the old world,
while our black walnut is olosely fol
lowing in its wake. Our lighter woods
also such as the tulip tree and poplar
are coming into great demand there
foC"packing boxes and cases where light
weight is a great object. Those who ara
interested .in forestry in our country
should take up the matter of encourage
ment of forest planting. It will soon be
a grea'fer question than forastLpreserva
tion. Median's Monthly.
ANCIENT POLITICAL RINGS."
OldeaTiaae Schemes Per Obtaining Wealth
as4 Pewer. ,
The evil of monopolies and xings was
knows to .ancients, Aristotle referring
to them in his "Politics," and then, as
now, it was found necessary to hold
them in check by legislation. The mo
nopolist was in Roman law called a
dardanarius and punished under the
Lex Julia de Aunona. Monopolies of
clothing, fish and all articles of food
were prohibited by the Emperor Zeno
under pain of confiscation and exile, so
that it is certain that the "rings" of
the ancient days were as mischievous, as
'they are now. At Athens a law lim
ited the amount of a corn a man might
buy. The earliest recorded instance we
have wasva corn "ring."
There is an ancient, tradition that the
king who made, .Joseph his'prime min
ister and committed intohis hands the
entire administration of Egypt was
Apepi. Apepi was oue of the shep
herd kings and ruled oyer the whole of
Egypt as Joseph's pharaoh seems to
have done. The primemiuister during
seven years of remarkable plenty bought
np every bushel of corn beyond the ab
solute needs, of the Egyptians and stored
it. During the terrible famine that fol
lowed he was able to get his own price
and bartered corn successively for the
Egyptian mppey,. cattleand laud, and,
taking one-fifth for pharaoh, made him
supremely wealthy. It was not merely
a provident act, but a very politic one,
his policy being to centralize power in
the monarch's hands. London An
swers. ABtlfat 2Ir. !SaRtlBKs Joke.
The late George von Buusen, the ac
complished and delightful son of the
baroness whose "Life and Letters" are
well known in America, once told me
an anecdote of tbejate Princess Mary
of Teck and the celebrated Banting.
The princess became, in her middle life
enormously stoat, and finding her
'weight a burden fried several methods
of reducing it At last, haying heard
much of Banting, she sent for him. She
was surprised to see that he was still
extremely" bulky, and after a few civil
preparatory remarks she said, "But
your system has not made you very thin,
Mr. Banting."
"Allow me, madam, said. Banting.
And proceeding to "unbutton his coat
he disclosed a large wire structure over
which , the garment, fitted. Inside was
the real Banting, incased in another
coat..
"This, madam," said he, pointing
with pardonable satisfaction to his
cage, "was my size before I commenced
dieting. ' ' He than nimbly disembarrass-,
ed himself, of ;his.framework and stood,
before tlie royalllady exhibiting his ele
gant, figure
Apparently the interview led to noth
ing but.amuemHt, for the good Duch
ess of Teck remained -very stout to the
end of her days. Exchange.
GfettiBff Ready.
-Mr. Wiggles. I ordered two dinner
Eets sent home today, Maria.
MrsT Wiggles Two dinner jsetsr
Why, Joshua Wiggles, -- are you crazy?
What iii the world do we want of two
more-dinner sets?
Mir Wiggles Why, didn't you tell
ine yesterday-that you were going away
next wek to be gono a month? 1 want
to hava dishes enough in the house so
that I won't have to wash xny while
you are -away. Somervillo Journal.
Gin is alcohol flavored with juniper
berries, coriander, almond cake, an
gelica root, licorice, cardamoms, cassja,
cinnamon, grains of paradise and cay
;nne ,pejper. Other substances are often
ised, together with alum, sulphate of
zinc and acetate of lead.
As a rule a man's hair turns gray
five years sooner than a woman's.
:homxikixs' excumiokx.
. Tickets will -be sold on the first
and third Tuesdays of January,
February and March via .the Union
Pacific to points in Missouri, Arkan-saSsrlndian-
Territory, Oklahoma,
Texas, L,ouisiaa, Arizona and
2Jew' jSfexicqf where thevininimuai
round triprajbe i00 0, afen ' at
o fare thf -trphts; 2.166 --For
exact Jetrtfpry and;f nil" in
iormaiioa ockets call on, or? id-J
, 'Si. J. uu,::..
SO THAT THE PEOPLE MAY KSOW
To Uw;HooraT!.Bird of Ouaty
iLhawwfcafi.to.puWMhaf
" LicolB for tbyeaiwrinrtbe North Platte Tribune for ONB-FOUKTH
I . the legal or atetutory rate. This includes, the publication of road notiose, .
election notice, delinquent tax-list, treasurer's statement and sueh other
'boUom legally ordered byit he repectivo county ofRcer8;the .eommijon
; mml proodiBg to:be published free of ehargo to the county. For the
faithful pecforaMBoe of the work I agree to furnish a good a'nd aufRcieat
i
This bid waicaoridiSd.the oontraot
FOR ORDER IN THE COURT.
A groteit AgjrfiiBt Praytle Dome trx-
There ' k a practice the universal
Iffevaleoce of tich in oui existing
trials by jwry makes v justice Msno.
iner. It" is"a practice whose oviig,r;so
far a' I ' oan-disopver, have never been
commented upon, or even .appreciated;
by; tlier press, puhlic or individuals. I
refer to the whole" method by which,
right or wrong, innocence or gailt is
sought to be provedby the coansel on
eitlier side. ?
Assume, for instance, a criminal case
for the same method is applied,
though usually "to a lesser degree, to
civil' contests. Beginning 'with the
.opening arraignment by "the prosecu
tion, thence t through the. examination
and cross examination of .the' witnesses;
the display of exhibits, on to the very'
end of the final harangues of the oppos
ing counsel,- the dramatic is never lost
sight of.
The emotions, not the intelligence, of
the juros are appealed to throughout.
In a typical murder "case which re
cently gratified the morbidly sensational
element "of the entire country the dis
trict attorney arose impressively,
glauced aboafehim ominously and then,
with a tremulously tragio voice, proceed
ed to arraign the accused, charging him
outright with the crime, practically -assuming
without doubt that' ho was
guilty and endeavoring bythcuse of
every wile of the orator's art to sway
the jury to his. mode of thinking. And
this before the minutest bit of evidence
had been taken,. i
Is eloquence a proper adjunct to our
jurisprudence?
Heretic though I may be, I hold, em
phatically and with qualification that it.
is not. It has no place in a hall of jus
tice, where, we are led. to believe, the
truth and only the. truth is to he brought
out. Eloquence, as manifested by ora I
tory, is inimical to truth, which can
only be discoyerea ana estauiisuea uy
calm, unprejudiced and dispassionate
investigation.
Eloquence appeals to the emotions,
and its victories are obtained by trick
ery the triokery of masterful verbiage
playing upon, sensitive but unreasoning;
ears.
The claim that cannot be justified be
fore the reason cannot be Talitl. Elo
quence is the weapon of 'falsity. Truth
and right doiot require its use. The
sphere of eloquence is the stage. In the
prilprit, -before the bar of justice aud in
the hall of legislation it is a source of
unlimited.evil.
I hold that for the accomplishment
of -justice all the theatric displays, aH
eloquence, all-excitants to the emotions
should be banished from, our 'courts of
law-by sentiment if not by regulation..
They have no place thera
Judicial procedure should be along
the lines similar to "the investigation of
scientific propositions and discoveries.
The establishment of right or wrong,
guilt or innocence, is something to be
effeoted by cold,. prosaic, rigid inquiry,
step by step, as analogous as may be to
mathematical demonstration.
We shall have to" wait long for the
time when this is recognized, but it will
be in the indefinite future, and when
that time does come we may bo more
confident that our courts of justice are
such in something more than name.
Criterion.
Persecuted by, Office Seekers.
" The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet
.Members Wife" is one of the most in-,
teresting contributions to The Ladies'
Home-Journal. In a series of letters the
wife of a cabinet member writes to her
sister of office seekers and of those in
the departments. "You can have no
idea,"rshe anonymously declares, "how
Henry (her husband) is persecuted by
applicants for his influence with the
president: or with the heads of depart
ments. He really has "no influence, out
side of his own department, .and ho is
."wearing his sympathies into tatters lis
tening to tales of woe. vThe saddest case
that' has come "under my own observa:
tion is that of arinaideri lady, f ullyBO;
years old, who has worked in the de-:
Jartmenfs ever ncQ the war. Seriato-.
rial -influence -has kept her in all these'
years, but uowthatrthe ciyil service re
forms are being introduced sheis in, de
spair, for, although perfectly coinpe
tohtat her work, she'never-in the,worl9
could pass one of those- rigid" examina
tions. She called upon me bearing a letn
x- i i 3," j p- . . ii l
Tolsom Mary Allison), who married
iuto one of theoldfainilieffhere. I don't
Jcnqw whether heV family lost their
means by the war orin EonWother way
but:fhey did lose" everything when she
was a gay.giriiruiov top oi society jd
both. Alexandria, ud Washington. She
told me about dancing in a set of lan
cers opposite ' Abraham .Lincdln, who,
BDoagu aw&waro. uanaT angmar in; pis
dancing, "seemed to enjoy it and 'alwaysf
hadVgay word for evaybody. 'Siie says
her feeling forMr. Lincoln was some-"
thing more than respect it was more
like, adoration; that shehas often won
dered if people did no feel just sq.-tO;.
ward the great religious propbef3 wha
must have spread abroad what JMr Lin"
. V? - .- - . a T
com am an atmospnere oi sympatneuc
kindness, trust, purily'and nobility.'' "
Wuaaaker TarBe4l Urleks.
The early days of JohV Wanamaker
were not easy by any means. When only
aladof o'vears. he made bricks, or, rath
er, assisted hi making them, for his busi
ness was to turn them in the suu antil
they were evenly .baked. -For this labor
he received 2 ccnte a. day Hud;eometimes
cleared. 10 cents.a weekbatit must .be J
remmtwed tbt-uire,wreJmaBy.rainy
days when th force otyoothf at "work
men" Bad to be laid off. John's firsj
real rise to fdrtwe was in the days
whea, a' office -boy; h saved, money
enough to start in-bosiaeac for himielf.'
He; worked m aaejgtfMat'ia "the oftoe nn
ta he iad'iiM4d;Bp to a wekr aa4
tten, aoeiug'that Im oevld get"o -note;'
Jie bought a: little at ock of clieap fttrni-
tara- ao' atarled 'H-to b;a 'werekiuit.
TWttelwrt IMspatch.; , i r . -i
North PM&MbjRaitSeet
Curauiora: -
given, to th'e JBra at f all legal fate. ?
DU RATION OF HtJ MAN LIFE,
A Mas MJck(FMibly Live teHrOse
, UHadred d TWety-flve Years Old.
In the average statistics of human life
it has been.fouhd thatfwomen live Ion
gerthan mm. The reason for that ap
pears to ;be. simple. -7 .
' Up to the age of 20'to 25 Ihe mahis,
nhdoubtedly;younger and lees develop--ed
thatf thii woman, iut in the next 20
or, SO "years 'of his life the man ages
much more- rapidly, because apart from
the strain and hardship of a profession,
the exposure to "uhfiealthful climates,
the disappointments of fortune-, he of;
ten' leads a life of dissipation and ex
cess which early puts its stamp upon
his forehead -and turns his hair gray be
fore its time. The" woman, on"the other
hand, who has 'often more than her
share, of anxieties; has, aparc-from the
many accidents of life; but one" serious
and inevitable danger, that of the per
petuatioh of her race, which, safely
passed, renovates rather than ages' and
increases a woman's -chance of longer
ity.
From the few facts, that I have ven
tured to put togeth'erwo may deduce, I
think, the following conclusions, which,
I trust, may be found of some interest
by those who desire to have a general
view of, the expectation of life, its real
duration and the possible causes of its
length and brevity.
First. That, according to the best
authorities of the last century, the ex
treme limit of life-might be 125 years
uuder'extraordiuary and almpst-abnor
mal circumstances.
Second. That the, anticipation of life
"is roughly five iime3 the time that the
organs of the body not counting the
brain, which develops later require to
attain their full and absolute maturity.
This, of course, varies not only in races,
but in individuals, some developing
early and some inuch, later, even in the
same climate and. in the same family.
Third. That rarely, if ever, is that
full duration achieved, owing to dis
ease, food, heredity, bad habits, wear
and tear and many other causes which
shorten life.
Fourth. The slower the develonment
the longer may be the duration of life.
Fifth. That all human beings are
not born with the capacity for long life
ewn under the most favorable. circum
stances. As the organism of the human
being is more cordplex than that of the
lower animals, so his anticipation of
life is far more variable. ,
Sixth. That these circumstances
which conduce to longevity are un
doiibtedly late development, frugarhab
its, moderation, exemption from vicissi
tudes of climate and extreme of heat or
cold, from, mental worry and agitation,
temperaturo iu, eating and drinking,
witn a rair amcmit'Oi Drain worK wnen
the brain is ready to 'undertake it.
We have all heard the well worn ax
iom attributed to the Psalmist that the
"days of manure threescore and; ten, "
but in Genesis vi, 3, wfll be found tjie
following passage, " Yet his days shall
be an hundred and -twenty years."
This passage seems to have, been over
looked, as I have xarely seen it quoted,
although curiously enough it exactly
corresponds to the theory that man
should attain five times the period of
reaching his maturity. Nineteenth
Century. "
The DisSffariag "Slake Up."
So long as we indulge in the barbar
ism of footlights some strengthening of
the points of. the face may be needful.
It is indeed an excellent thing when
deftly done and the material causes of
the effect entirely hidden, as they should
be. The clarity of "a whiter tintrto the
general tone of the skin, the illumina
tion of eye and teeth by emphasizing
the brow andjashes and lips, the height
ening of the color all these things can
be so done-a5' to disguise the means by
which they :aro dbne. What, is the
method actually pursued? White is laid
all over faco and sbpulders-in thick
washes, like' n Pierrot's mask, masses
of black pomade joa'd the eyebrows and
eyelashes, great gobs of red.are put upon
the ear .lobes, and- on and around the
lips likaa snapdragon, deep pink in and
umuw biJti jiubtrjis uuu uu 1110 . uyeuus
..and masses-of" black or purple beneath
the eyes, projecting to the. templerin
arrowheads. " f,
AlMhese things arq perfectly visible
to a large purtof thp audience and are
disfiguring 'even ata? distance. With ah
opera glass:they are shocking. The objects-which
are pj&ained are the gog
gling of. the eyes, which can be thrown
about with. f her intensity of a darky's,
and'tho display of thev ivories, which
,produce a similar effect to his. Forpas
.sion to show iteelf in such plastered
face's, for waves of" emotion to spread
"ovear them- and for any refinement of
feeling to communicate itsejf to the au
dience, are asimppssible as it would 'be
to expect these things ffonifhe painted
canvas. They-cariiiofc cry, of course, nor
touch, nor hb-tbuched,. withoutdisaster;
Ellen Terry played a disfiguring tscene
here one night, witbthe water stream
ing from an eye info which her loaded
, eyelashes had discharged themselves.
'Time and "the" Hour; r "
A PertlaeBt QHMtiea.
..Olcl Aunt Dinah was a colored wom
an with a remarkably strong voice who
would-sing andcry "glory" with such
vigor as to be heardabove 'all the rest,
of the congregation, but she was of an
unpleasantly "saving" disposition. It
was tho custom at the-missionary meet
ings which she attended to. take up the
collection during the singing of the
hymn "Fly abroad, thou niighty gos
pel," in the midst of which-AuntjJ)i-nah
always threw, back, her head, closed
her eyes and ang away at the top of
b'eS lungs untirtl?e plate had been pass-
ed'The colIect6f;ewho aa an old man
of plaiu speech, oberFed thia habitrand
one evening when: he.cwe to her seat
he ;gwveyl2ber'rapt.:eOTateaBee and
ihsahlaBtly,. a-heah, Aunt
Dinah,., what's de good-ob yp' A-singiiV
ai a-aagia'Fly abroad, tbpa -jBighty
fI--?oSjaoagih'n taittake
er ny?"-
Fair..
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CREAM
A Pare Grape Creaa ef Tartar Pewfcr.
40 YEARS THEISTANDARD
MADE IN iflNIATUEE.
5UPIOUS MICROSCOPIC MARVELS
ACHIEVED BY INGENIOUS MEN..
Peter Kstncs Tells Sea Ywy Jwfcy
, rics About Jehm Mailer The 5Syer Grw:
Ibx Sqiwd ef Chrry Stoa Workers A
WoHderfal Xalfe.
Perhaps the-jnost pievalent mania of
men gifted with meohanical ingenuity
takes the Ehapo of accomplishing or at
tempting to accomplish in mihiaturo
the mightiest feats of engineering that
human hands have ever set up. The en
thusiast in miniature regards the Forth
bridge, for example, not as a utilitarian
masterpiece, but as a. model to be fol
lowed and copied in all the materials
supplied by a threepenny bit, and the
985 feet of Eiffel tower neith'er fills Jiis
breast w awe uorjiorror, . but is ijra
garded as a choice subject to.be,.oon
structed in miniature out of bent pen
and the shell of a walnut.
Of the mediaeval mechanicians John
fuller,, better known, in, the. trade as
JRegioniontanus, which one must admit
sounds Well for one of his craft, who
liyed in the fifteenth century, was with
out doubt the Jfaskelyne and Cook of
tho period, or at all events, he had as a
biographer a writer of greater imagina
tion than the other less fortunate genii
of that era. Peter Samus, tho writer in
question, not only credits John Jluller
with fashioning a wooden eagle, which
on the occasion of tho Emperor Max
imilian visiting Nuremberg flew out to
meet him, saluted him in due form
however that may havo been and then
turned round and accompanied the pro
cession to the city gates, but further as
serts that the same individual turned
out an iron fly
Which, having flown a perfect xoundabont.
With weary wings returned unto her master.
We are inclined to think, allthinga
considered, that Peter Bairius had the
makings of a very fine creator of 'excit
ing fiction in him aud that, it was a sad
pity ho allowed his gift to bo wasted in
"compiling a biography of a 100 years'
deceased automata artificer m place of
forestalling the friend of our youth, 1L
Jules Verne.
The cherry stone has been a favorite
subiect for tho worker in miniature
since Hadrianus Junius' saw at Mechlin
''a cherry stone cut into the form of
basket, in which were 14 pairs of dice-
distinct, the spots and numbers of, which
wero easily to be disceruecUwith a good
eye." A museum in Massachusetts has
among its" other possessions a cherry
stone containing a dozen, silver spoons.
As the stouo is of the ordinary size the
spoons are eo small that their shape can
'only ho admired by the aid of a micro
scope. Other remarkable cherry stones
are the ones carved all over with 124
heads, mostly of popes and potentates,
and the one fashioned by a topmaker at
Nuremberg, which contains a man of
Sevastopol, a railway station and the
"Messiah" of Blopstcck, is indeed mul-
turn in parvo.
A tiny vessel has been made of late
years by an Italian jeweler who camo
into possession of a pearl that nature
had caused to tako upon itself tho shape
and. contour of a boat. A. sail of beaten
gold studded with diamonds, a binnacle
light of ruby and emerald, mid a rud
der of ivory complete the structure,
which weighs less thai! an ounce all
told. We recently saw it stated that the
smallest steam engine in' the world is
one of an upright f.attern, made of sil
ver and gold and resting on a 25 cent
goldpiece. The diameter of tho cylinder
is one forty-eighth part of an inch;
stroke,- one thirty-second of an inch;
weight, one eighth of a gruu; bore cf
cylinder, .3125 of a square inch.. Tho
engine can be worked either by steam
.or compressed air, ami cu, tunue 01
Peter Bainus tho balance-wheel of
one-third of an inch diameter is said to
mako i,t?60 revolutions' per minute.
In 181'C a knife was mudc at Messrs.
Travisr& Son's, Manchester, containing
three blades, buttonhook, saW, punch,
screwdriver, box, corkscrew, .hcok. and
gimlet, two phlemohs, a species of lan
cet, picker and two more lancets with a
ring at the head. The knife, "wo learn,
was only eleven-sixteenths cf .an inch
long and weighed 1 pennyweight 14
grains. At this end""of the century
Sheffield can boast of a dczcu pairs of
shears, each so minute, that they, alto
gether weigh less than half a grain, if
report speaks true.
Of examples or microscope writing,
there is-no end, but one of the most fa
mous is mentioned by Pliny, who said
that Cicero had once, seen. Homer's
"Iliad" in a uutshe'll. In order to prove
.tho truth of this a French writer named
'Huet- experimented in the presence of
the dauphinrwhose-tutor-'hewas in?
3 G.70. He first showed' that 6 piece- ofj
sheepskin 10 by 8 inches can be foldedi-
up to fit tho shell of a walnut, and then;
proceeded to prove that he could get 250 J
stanzas of 30 verses. to a btanza on each!
,side of the pararor ?.5dQ verses on-
each side. Of mk yapttlfli iu miuia-;
tnre Carel van ManBr;,. tha sixteenths
icentury painter -auu uisiorrau, quotes.
.the landscape, paiated by Lucas van
Heere'swife. Tkjs work of art repre-
seated a mill with'jauls bent, the mil
ler appearing as ubM ting the stairs;
loaded with aatL.'A car fr: and horse.
were seen npsu tM.tMrajipou which J
the mill was nxeti Men-tne road sev-j
eral peaTlts--MOni ndrsTlflS whole
: was perf eotlf distinct ,ad,accurately -j
fiaished, and. yet sominata that it couldj
be covered with one grain of corn.
Surely that niotV mieroeoopio artist, M.l
Jut van Beers, mast be descended from
tbe faic wtiaier . of :;-extraordia sry 1
DMCnro
TOSSED, BY E HURRICANE.
Merm. iwCnlprS tk Wwritii.
sTv J&eiuwhhad been chaaetlpa
wetteM" towu ikera a financial hiibri
cane hit it met. for the first time in
years in- a Sixth avenue eating hotiee
the other day. la the days of their pros
perity one of them was a political lever
aud was called colonel. He had been on
the governor's staff. The other-m some
way had acquired- the title of captain
Both had' front seats in every event of
the town ia which they bad lived. The
governor's otwuBeat, is bow a pfeia
'bookkeeper i-Broad street. The other.
mjML is a dry goods clerks
Aster, weenoas,. axpianMious-aad'a
JmcHiifal j-efecieeito perfcheA de-
lits,.jByrhad a conibiuation jneal, and
ychi donVkBOw'wlMrt that is yon hava
never had any trble, and any .one who
casts a shadow is worse, thaa a heatbes.
When ;the meal. ,was over, tke two old
friends walked oat and stood for a few
minutes under the splutter 01 aa aro
light. As they were, parting the man
Whphsed to ride the big -bay horse in
the .governor's parade, and who had
coram aa dcd. tke populace of his town to
etaadi, back,: said in a low, xnonmerlike
toner'
t "If you como to see me, don't, call
me colonel.
Kobody knows me us colo
;nel now. I
am inst an employee on a
salary. "
The arc light spluttered again as the
little man replied in a squeaky, hall
bedroom voice J
. "And if you come to seo me just call
'me, 'Say, you!' That's what everybody
calls me. in tho store."
"Well, goodhy, captain."
' ' Sorlong, colonel. ' '
It was the first time they had heard
the titles in years and each walked
away -with a lighter step and lighter
heart. New York Sun.
DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN LIFE.
Xe Virtue Ja Oae's Dally Actios Unless
It Is Established Im the Seal.
,fThV6btigatictf5and duties of the
Christian life are. not all external,"
writes Cardinal Gibbons, pointing out a
religious life to young men, in The La
dies' Home Journal;- "They are mainly
material and must, proceed "from the
heart. There is no virtue in one's dailv
aetions 'wles.hi t beiwst established in
tejsoni;au is ociy.au ieniHi expres
si?of ;the soal.'s convictions or prolon
gation of heartfelt sentiments. Yet the
external practice of Christian virtues
and the performance of Christian duties
pertain to the integrity, if not to the es
sential character, of the Christian life.
The interior sentiments soon perish
without external expression, as life and
bodily powers become extinct without
due and proper exercise or employment
"However, as the external duties are
not absolutely' and under all circum
stances essential, they vary both in
number and frequency according to en
vironments and opportunities. A busi
ness man cannot daall that a clergy
man is expected to do, a man in trade
not what a man in leisure can accom
plish nor a man of the world all that is
possible and easy to one who keeps him
self from society. But all, no matter
where, no matter what their engage
ments and secular pursuits, how little
or how much time they can call their
own, can and are. obliged to "perform
daily acts of prayer and religion and
accomplish many duties of virtue and
charity. There is no condition of life
which is incompatible with the dictates
and principles and precepts of the
Christian life"
A. AIea:icH Custom ea Good Friday.
f Mrs. Sara Y. Stevenson contributes to
The Century an article on "Maximil
ian's Empire," oue. of a series devoted
to the French intervention in Mexico.
In describing the scenes that followed
the siege of P, aebla Mrs. Stevenson says
It was a Mexican custom on Good
Friday to burn Judas in effigy on the
Plaza, Mayor. Judas was a manikin
made in the shape of the person who
happened to he most unpopular at the
time. It was quite admissible to burn
Judas under different shapes, and some
times these summary autos-da-fe were
multiplied to suit the occasion and the,
temper of the people. At the same time
rattles were sold on the streets and uni
versally bought aliae by cniidreu and
adults, by rich and - poor, to grind the
bones of Judas, and the objectionable
noise second in hideousness only tc
that of our own sending off of firecrack
ers on the Fourth of July was reli
giously kept up all day. In the yearof
our Lord 1863 Judas was burned in
Mexico on 'the Plaza Mayor under the
shapes of General Forey, Napoleon III,
and last, but not least, M. Dubois de
"Saligny, who especially was roasted
with a will amid the wild execrations
of thepopulace.
The Light Side of Natare.
SiddjrI wonder if wo .should
any babies, Katie, if we dug np
find
these
gooseberry- bushes?
Katie-r-Babies den't como out
oi
gopsejierry lushes, Siddy.
Si'ddy Well, where do they come
from, then?
Katie Why, from the big shop?, oi
course.. Haven't you seen printed over
some., cf them, "Families supplied?"--
Sketch.
i r
. Crazy to Go.
"Did Miss Flavilla seem pleased
when' you asked- her to' go to the theater?."-
"Pleased? .She wanted to keep the
tickets for fear something might hap
pen to me." Chicago Record.
Her Motive.
"That Bascomme woman ia always
niakingher husband tell, her that he
loves her right before folks.
"Yes: she knows thatit is an awful
exasperation to him to say it." Indian-
apol is 'Journal.
The churches of Naples are so over
run with mice that most of the pastors
have-been obliged to keep cats in them,
at the risk of provokiog comic scenes
like those sometimes, witnessed in thea
ters --when a cat walks across tbe
Two MIlUeHs a Year.
When people buy, try, and buy again,
it means they'ra satisfled. The people
of the ,Uaitsd States are now buyins;
Cascarets Candy Cathartic at the rate
of two, million boxes a year sad it will be
thrW million, before New Year's. It
means merit 'proved,. that Cascarets are
the most delightfuf tpijrel 'regulator for
every body the year, round.. AH drug
giets iOe", 26c.. 50c. a box, curs , guar
anteed. ' '
have already suc
ceeded, ia Tiding a.
single wheel, or
Hnicycle, for short
distances. lit years
to come tbe aicy
- cle may beeome
aa common, a.
isode of lece
ttotioa as- tke
bicycle. Oalya
"fcw- years are
people would,
have teagtted at
the idea, that
'Jp all the world
-wow oruy
t ,
wa
It k not ut me-
ehaaks atone , ti-tt
the world is mafciug rapid progress. Net
saay years ago all physicians proeouiKed
eoaowmptio- - rttcarabl& disease. To-fey
a hwge proporttoe of people recognize that
it is" a" distinctly curable disease. Doctor
Pierce's Gofcien -Medical Discovery cures
98 per cent.' of all cases of coasumptioa.
It Ms stood the test for thirty years. Thou
sands of people who were giren np by their
doctors, and had lost all hope owe their
lives to this marvelous ramedr. It acts
directly on the lungs, driving out all im
parities and disease germs. It restores the
appetite, corrects all disorders, of the diges
tion, strengthens tbe weak stomach, makes
the assimilation of the life-giving elements
of the food perfect, invigorates the liver,
purifies the blood and tones, the nerves. It
is the great blood-maker and- flesh-builder.
It does not make flabby flesh like cod liver
oil, but the firm; mascalar tissue of abso
lute health- An.hoaest dealed will not
oSeryott an inferior -substitute fer tlpe sake
of a httle added profit,
I- f
iHiss JMaiy w iwunaa, ot jwmw. wm,
Praaa Co..n: Y.. writes: "Par" nearly tH
months I have had a bad' cough, and Instead c
getttag tatier, it grew worse. Iwassakltohavc
coasumpdoB. T tried Dr. Pierce's Golden Med-"
ical Discovery, and when the secoad bottle was
empty I had no cough and was cured."
Or Pierce's Syttet
1I a IV w of good health",
and good health is largely 3 mattecof beahhy
activity of the bowete. Dr. Piacce's Pleasant
renew care coasupauon. iney are sue, swt
and speedy. and once taken da not have to be
taken always. One little "Pellet" is a gentle
laxative, and two a mild ;r- 4 .
cathartic They never pil IpfQ '
gripe. Drnggistssell them. VllV3Li5
U. P. TIME TABLE,
GOIXG XAfT CEKTK.V-. TIME. ":
No. 28 Freight 6:00 a vm.
No. Faet Mail 8:&o n.-m.
No. -Atlantic Express.... IWO p. m.
GOIXG WEST MOUNTAIN TIME.
No.23-Fre4ght..
No. 2t Ereijrht ..
No. 1 Limited. -.
No.3-Fastls:ail
7:0 a, m.
30p.m.
3:55 p. m.
11:20 p.jn.
N, B. O-DS. Agent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
jyLJ.W.BTJTT,
DENTIST.
Office over First ITatioBel Bask,
NOTH PLATTE. NEB. .
jgEDELIi & THORPE,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Offices: North Platte National Bank
Building, North Platte, Neh.
P.
E, DENNIS, M. D.,
HOMOEOPATHIST,
Over Pirst Natl aaal Baak,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA;
ILCOX & HADLIGAN, .
ATT0ENEY8-AT-LAW, .
rfOBTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA
OAae over North Platte NattoaalBaai
D
R. N. F. DONAIdOSON,
Assistant Sargeoa Unloa Paele
and Member of Peaslos Beard,
NOBTB PLATTE, - - - - NEBRASKA.
. OAce over Strelfe's Drag Store. -
g B.NORTHRUP,
Di5NTIST. : . ;
McDonald Building, Spruce. street
NORTH PIATTB; NEB.
JjlRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORNE YS -AT-LA W, .
ifOETH PLATTE, . - - -fEBBASKA.
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
T.
C. PATTERSON,
KTTORNEY-HT-LPl--,
Office over Yellow FronfShoe Store,'
. NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
D, M. HOGSETT
Gontf aetop and Builde
AND AGENT FOR
ECLIPSE and FAIRBANKS'
WINDMILLS.
NORTH PLATTE. NEB.
BROEKBR'S SUITS
. i
ALWAYS 'EIT, V.
: , - -
We have, been making garments fern
North Platte citizens, for over twelsce
years, and it our work and prices were-.
not satisfactory we would not be here:
to-day. We solioit your trade.
F. J. BROEKER,
MERCHANT TAILOP
J. F. PILLION
Plumber, Tioworbr
General Hepaii cr. '
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