j " OLD .AGE.
r vlt " "-'J o. un BIBB i
m atrra uy rnlBOKa old age,
so obb Tipoa pilgrimage
be knockiag, ho obs for tts amUeaee waits
& jk brigkt, lorayiag troop.' endtt
X asodi
&Ride out oa the fcrsve lolly cf any qveet,
fBgt -B-eariness, the restless shadow of rest ,
fflloTeriHgly upon the city "broods
ill be, then, that those remembering
JLsd aleeplesB irate&srs oa the craabling
.,2k lowers
Skall lose the rant olfhe dtaskwos henrs
?fcick God aaay haTe grant tired of" reckoning.
Arthur Bysoss Jh Athenaum.
"'' -
THE POSTAL TEUli1.
BT CHARLES B. XEWIS.
As ft posl6ffic8ingecterIdl6 notiear
the doings at Shelby until 'two or
three of my fellow inspectors had tried
fheir hands and made a iailnre cf it
."Than I took tLe case and failed most ig
jiominionaiy of- all because Iadded blnn--8r
to fairare.
f The postmaster rras an. old man named
fJEarper, and' lor assistants he had his
&wo daughters, one bng 19 and the
J&aer 15 years of age. Air. Baxper had
peld tho offica for 12 years -when the
f complaints caine in. 'The post office was
jin Ij of lils residence, with a front add
iSL The inspectors who preceded me
Sad looked tho ground over and left the
se a mystery. Every bedy said that
nrperw'as. "honesty itself, and the idea
Jlhat the Fg iris wcrald tamper with the
avails was not to e entertained.
- The mail' carrier was the first man to
ee to. I 'arrived on fho ground without
raj identity being revealed and watched
him for two weeks. There was oppor---fcnity
daring -Hs eight mile drive to
pen thlMgBwith'a duplicate key, "but
1 watched without result, except to be
'tiKficfToThis honesty. Then I made
myself known to the postmaster and re
ceived a "warm welcome. Ho was very
f&uch distressed .about the thefts, and to
fce best of "his knowledge and belief all
Sad taken 'place in his office. There
'were only aboS 20 jerohs who Tented
oses, and .all other mail was ,put into
'"tho genfrcTfielivery. As the father and
Jhis two"t5ugSt6rs"were the only ones
3jandliftbejmail or having access to
"lhe interior of the office it seemed that
no of tifjrhreemhst bo the thief, and
' yet I could not bring myself to believe
that. I was given tho fullest opportu
nity to investigate and I also did some
wcrk otrfelde' unbeknown "to' tho' post
master. I caused to be mailed to the patent
rhedicino peoplo a large number of let
ters, with a private number on each en
velope. The first batch, of ten came
through all right, but out of the second
'two were missiag. The whole ten iad
left Dentonin "the" mail bug, as I well
1feiew, and1 the two had either been tak
en rpato fay the carrier or by some
-eaajffer' tibeir arrival' at t'bel by. As
the earner Bad brought over two pas
sengers in his cart that trip he might be
C0EKitteredonof i 1 1 "The'mairhad cr
.rivad at Slrelbyat .5 o'clock and been
called for an hour later. Kext day n
"batch of Eix letters came through all
right, and so on tho next; and cn tho
third ten were received. I , helped to dis
tribnto tho mail and counted three let
ters and recorded the number. Father
and daegkter air knew tUisY-and yet at
5. o'clock three of these letters, together
. with two for-aceriain merchant, which
-1 bad particularly ot i ced,wero missing
an dc"6sl S'lJeJC- V IbaudT '
That 1 iIer!gclDEed,
we tiarca2tr,bpEido dowb7Ja it wcre,
burotHcame of it. Tbo'oitTpcst
rtwfler was in tho dcepe5fcrfcspair,
whTile his two daughters wept and sob
bed over what -fcy believed would bo
-the rsis of all. ppS'sif inspector, and
wiliVsuch 'radjfnctf "bcfcro'lmy eyes, it
iyrk niy"w4ness 'to TieKeve one cf the
tfree guilty, nBa yet I had to reason
thkt they wouldn't" beridiqtio 'enough
to purloin letrers";under my very nose. I
simply didn't know what' to think, and
next morning was knocked off my feet
to receive a"cumpinmt from Wnshing
' -"ton t'threo important letters posted
-t;Shelhy feri days before for r city only
100 miles away had been lost en rente.
I telegraphed for enlarged insfcractionSf
aridupc--TeceiYing them I toldMr.
oHafper I must let go of the case tempo
rarily'lor another. I shifted my qar
ters over to Denton, through which all
rcaiL to and from Shelby must pass, and
made such arrangements with the post
master that every letter was counted
and its address taken. 2 mailed about 20
decoy letters in ibis time, and at tho
nd of 14 days had the satisfaction of
knowing that 11 different letters had.
caneEowor other been made away with
afSHelby. This was adding" evidence to
evidence, but I did not return to Shelby
to lay the matter before the old post
master. I went back tfiero'in the disguise of a
farmer's hired man looking for work,
andl&ekiiy for mo iio farmer wanted a
man. ' I therefore, loafed about the vil-lage-and
was 'in and out of tbepostoffice
half a dozen times per day always
' there when the mail departed or came
in. By looking through the glass door
of one of tho boxes 1 couid SCO the gen
eral delivery box, mail tables, etc., and
carefully ecru tin ized-tbo conduct of the
threeJULthey did their work. I kept up
this efepionageFf or a week before any
tHingliappened. Tben the mail-came in
enc afternoon "while the father was tem
gfcrarllyabsebfand the girls opened the
bag'ahd" assorted it. As they picked up
the letters each pocketed one with a sly
look, and you may befieve"me when I
tell you I turned awaywith a heavy
heart. Iastead of oce thiof there were
two, and" those the handsome and win
some daif htersofan honest andupright
eld man. ilwafeldbreak hie ieart when
he lelfcated the truth, but Imust tell him,
an5j those girls must be jpriished. v
I wsat-to-tb hotel, thrswoff "my dis
. guise al3 thenjrefrCTed'to th postoffice.
I somehow-felt tbattho girls1 oaght to
2qek Jgullty, but thly did not " They
gave me a cordial greeting, hoped I had
come back to stay an til the mystery was
thoreugkly sifted, and no persons could
have bornethemselTei'more innocently.
That Bight after tho office was closed to
the pmblicl asked the father to my room
and tbsa went over the case, with him.
There coald be no manner of doubt that
a "Score or more of letters had been pur
loined from his office. There were three
of tbe who had access to the mails,
and eoo of the three must have some
' guilty knowledge o thoso letters. By
so possibility could an outsider reach
"them. IVith 'tears streaming down his
furrowed che&es he acknowledged that
ay awertkws ami declarations were
eccxfbi'irotwhowMthe thief? Did I
aM)tkm? Goofc I suepect either of
kk tofiHcr: TkeB I broke it to ki
ac jmafrmt j -W him what I
had seen in the afternoon and whtt wsa
Por seme time' he argued that I must
be mistaken, but finally told me to go
ahead and do my duty and never Mind
liisleelings. He kad been lather and
mother to those girls for years, and no
word 'or act of theirs had ever before
caused him a moment's uneasiness. If
theyha'd taken two letters, they iiad
taken all the ethers, and he asked me
to go to tho house and confront them
and extort a confession. Hard hearted
as I thouglit myself, I hadn't the nerve
to do that, but put it off till morning.
He gave me his promise to say nothing
overnight, and I was at the bouEe&oon
after breakfast I sat down with the
girls and went over the case, as I had
with .him, .hoping to break them down,
but they had only anxiety on their faces
as they listened. Then I boldly stated
what I had seen on the previous day,
and the shot told. Both blushed ' and
stammered and began weeping, and I
took it as a confession and told the fa
ther so. He couldn't speak to them for
his emotion, and when I told him they
must consider themselves under arrest
and a search made of their rooms he
simply bowed his head in acquiescence.
I wanted to keep the girls below while
I searched their room, and unfortunate
ly for me I called in ihe village consta-J
ble to sit with them. He had to be told
more or less of the case, and as soon as
he was at liberty hewent out to spread
the news. In an hour it was known all
over town that the two girls had been
caught robbing the postoffice, and somo
of the excited people even went so far
as to ray that the father had probably
winked at it
Afy search revealed two letters from
two different men in New York. They
had been directed under other names,
but the two girls had opened them.
They had stolen these letters and forgot
to destroy them. I went out and made
inquiries, and then I discovered what's
blunderer I -was. Both girls were carry
ing on a clandestine correspondence, us
ing fictitious names, and these were the
letters I had seerr them pocket "When I
asked them to confirm this theory they
did so, but it was evident that in their
eyes clandestine letter writing was about
as bad a crime as robbing the mails.
The news had gone forth that they 'had
been detected in purloining letters, and
how could I combat it? I spent the next
two days in trying to explain matters
to the public, but found not one man or
woman who "would believe me. Post
office inspectors didn't bring charges
and retract them, they reasoned, and a
strong petition was drawn up and sent
to Washington asking that the culprits
be duly punished. Letters were also
written stating that Imust have been .
bribed to act as I did and declaring that
I was not a proper man for the service.
You may well reason that I was -summoned
to report in "Washington without
delay and that my reception there was
anything but flattering to me. I had
lost my official head before saying 20
"words. It was myfirsi and only blunder
for ten years, but that didn't count. If
I got a grain of comfort out of tho situ
ation, it was "when Pheard that several
more complaints about lost letters at
Shelby had just come in that day.
I left Washington with no particular
aim, but on reaching Denton I made up
my mind to go over to Shelby and havo 1
one more look around. I went back in
my old xole as hired man and entered
that postoffice about half an hour after (
the mail had been distributed. Looking ,
through the glass door of a box, I saw j
one of tho girls sewing and the other
Teaaing. senmd tnem was an open dbck
window, and within three feet of this
window was the general delivery box.
In front of the window and only two
feet away was the table on which the
mail packages wero done up, and a score
of letters were lying there to be wrap
ped. I had just made out these things
when a good sized bird, black in color,
aligbtcd on the window sill, hopped
along to the delivery box and picked off
the top letter and darted away. .In 15
seconds the bird was back, and in the
course of ten minutes I watched her
take away five letters. That bird was a
magpie and the real thief, but I had
ruined the reputation of a family before
solving the, mystery. I at once made
myself known to the father, and we vis
ited the back yard to search for the let
ters. There in an old dog kennel which
hadr been tenantless for years we found
them every single one which had been
missed. Tho magpie belonged to a
neighbor, and icpulafly enough she had
never been caught at the trick. As it
was summer the back window was open
all day, ami there were times when only
one person iwould be waiting on the
public. "Willi the usual cunning of her
species the bird watched her chance,
taking letters from - both the table and
tho general delivery dqx, and a dozen
other inspectors might have been put on
the case without solving the mystery. I
had that satisfaction, though I was not
reinstated, aud I also take "grszt pleas
ure in Eaying that after awhile the peo
ple of Shelby came to believe the Har
pers entirely innocent and made .ample
amends for what had been said and
done.
2f ot Up to Bate
"What is little Dick bellowing.
Bboutr"
"Well, bis grandpa gave him a gin
gerbread horse, and he is mad because
it isn't a gingerbread wheel. Detroit
Free Pres.
Boy Vera Ha Be.
A little boy sat on a bumblebee.
Ob, xayl Oh, mel
He laughed in innocent, childish glee
Before he sat down, but, oh, my, and;-oh, ae,
He arose with a yell like a wild Cherokee!
Oh, myl Oh, me!
2?ewlTork Sunday Journal.
The Steps.
Literary Aspirant What steps are nec
essary when you want to get-out a book?
Jtarus (who has had some experience)
Several thousand steps will be necessary if
it takes yon as lung to find a publisher as
it-gcnerally takes me. Chicago Tribune.
The ClrcBmstsRees.
"Ilo-rc the ground you -walk oh!"
Thid was the tale ho told.
They lived up by the Klondike,
Aad'the ground was full of gold.
Washington Star.
Two Millions u Tear
When people buy, try, and buy again,
it means they're satisfied. The people
of the United States are now "buying
Cascarets Candy Cathartic at the. rate
of two million "boxes a year audit will" be
three million before New Year's. It
means merit proved, that Casc&rete are
the most delightfoFbowel regulator for
everybody the year round. AH -drag-gkts
10e., 25c., 50c a boK, cure guaranteed.
, . - - AsMARVEL. f
: , , 1
Ab M"astrBiHner there waa ' TZ
IPho lived up "in a tower
JRasisd Ptoi'-iny CepcraiauB t. .
Platnmarion McGower. " '
.Ee aaid: ' '1 csn trogsofiticata
With estimates correct,
And -when ihe skiea lcbntesaplata
!3cbot what to expect f
Whea dark'ning clouds dbssare my sight,
1 thiak perhaps 'twill raia.
And when the stars are ahinlBSsight
I know 'tis clear.Hgain.'
And then abstractedly ho scanned '
Thc'heavcns hoar bj hoar,
Old Ptolemy Copernicus
Planunarlon McGowcr.
Carolyn "Bells in St. Nicholas.
THAT SEDAN CHAIR.
-"I repeat it," said Jacques d'-Ebli-gnac,
with cn emphasis sc curious that
all turned to look at him; "it gave me
the fright of a lifetime."
"A sedan chair?"
"Yes. Listen, if you would know all
shout it ' ' And ie told us the following
story:
"A love tale, " said he, "of tho city
of Lille, of my twentieth year, andmy
pastry cook's daughter, a mere child,
but so pretty, so sweet, so adorably co
quettish ; moreover, so admirably skill
ed in all pertaining to .her father's busi
ness. Nowhere else could I buy such
cake, such buns, such sugared almonds.
And the stacks and stacks of rich con
fections that I devoured each day to
prove my devotion 1
-"The fire of my love which she re
turned between the smiles bestowed
upon her lather's customers alone
saved me from gastritis by consuming
tho heaviness of my stomach.
"This was the state of things, when,
one day, I chanced to find the pass key
of Me pere, ' who spent half liis time in
the wineshop across tho way and the
otherbalf gossiping at his door with his
equally idle neighbors.
"Determined to profit by this piece of
luck, I managed to speak a word to Vio
toire, my little sweetheart, and to pro
pose to her a visit to tho theater that
evening, if she could eludo the vigi
lance of her mother and join me unseen.
She could easily re-enter by means of
the pass key.
"Victoire was charmed with my in
spiration, and six hours after I had con
ceived theprojectwe had carried it into
execution. Although it was the middle
of the winter the night was superb, a
late rising moon, but thousands of bril
liant stars shining from every quarter
of the heavens. Tictoire trembled like
a leaf in the wind, but I was filled with
such burning ardor that it mounted to
my head like a drink of wine.
"We wero young, you see; the thea
ter for us a scene of enchantment, in
love with each other and more than
happy. Our hearts, like the strings of
some delicately tuned instrument, vi
brated to the slightest touch. In fact,
we forgot everything but each other and
never thought of moving when at last
tho final curtain fell until the lampist
appeared to turn out the lights.
"Hurrying then to the street, we
found that the night had changed. The
stars were gone, the moon hidden under
a canopy of clbudB, a cold, penetrating
rain beginning to fall and all the sedan
chairs gone with the stars.
"2?o, I -was wrong; one was left
standing by the roadside a little way
below us. At sight of it a fatal idea
popped into my brain. It was not yet
very late, and I had still so many beau
tiful things to say to Tictoire. Why .not
get into that chair, a refuge from the
chilly rain, and talk everything all over
again?
"Tho clock at the corner was just
striking 12 as we slipped into our mov
able apartment, rather cramped, to be
sure, but both of us were light aud
thin ; jeo. drawing close and snug like
birds in a nest, we awaited the passing
of tho shower cheerfully awaited it
too when all at once something very
strange occurred.
"The door of the house near whicli
the chair was standing opened noise
lessly, as if hung on velvet, and two
men looked out, evidently desiring
neither to be seen nor heard.
"Assured of solitudo and a clear
coast, they descended to the street, bear
ing in their arms a heavy burden. Just
at that instant the moon Elid from un
der the clouds, and we distinctly saw
that this burden was a human being
wrapped in a long cloak closely muffled
about tho face and shoulders.
"This was startling enough, butfancy
our horror when the bearers of this
strange load moved straight to the chair
where we crouched in terror, and one of
them nlready had his hand on the door
when Victoire uttered a stifled shriek,
answered by a frightful oath, and quick
as a flash tho men were gone as they
had come, and the door reclosed as soft
ly as it had opened.
"Tho whole thing had passed so quick
ly that we might have believed it some
fearful vision, only doubt was not pos
sible we had seen it both of us had
distinctly seen the same thing, and
without a spoken syllable were filled
with the Eame blood freezing thought
murder a murder doubtless committed
in this very house, from which the mur
derers were now seeking to carry away
and to conceal all traces of the crime
with the victim's body.
" 'Oh, let us go, let us go!' moaned
Victoire tremblingly. 'Let us go at
once, Jacques. I am so frightened 1'
"Go? Yes, I was willing enough, but
howZ For as Tictoire spoke, two men
emerged from the darkness around uh
we cfcrald barely distinguish them, as
the moon had gone behind a cloud again
caught up the chair and were bearing
nsraway into the dismal night
"This was a predicament. We were
stupefied. What must we do? Cry out,
and make a 'dreadful scandal? Betray
Yictoire, and expose myself to the risk
of discovery? Never! It was not to be
thought of! It was not to be thought
of! It was one of those times when trust
in chance was the only resource, hoping
by blind confidence to propitiate her
favor.
"Perhaps this was our case; perhaps,
and I am inclined to think the latter,
we were both so frightened that we had
neither the strength nor the courage to
atteaapt anything. Tiotoire had uncon
iciously thrown herself into my arms.
Her warm breath fanned my cheek. Her
little hand held fast to mine. No matter
What threatened us, it was something,
at Isast, to have gained thiabappiness;
we would die together, her last sigli on
any lips.
"Tor these men wo were rare of it
were accomplices of the first two, and
by a previous arrangement they had
keeo.esgaged for the carrying off and
:eoaoealing of the dead body. Deceived
by or joint weight, they, believed .they.
had it, and we, instead of the murdered
victiin:, era'huiTying away through
the shadowy 'gloom.
"True, eo.we were, .bet where were
we hurrying? Where, were we heading,
as the men trotted on with swift, untir
ing steps, attimes'almost'ruh? What
were they going 'tonlowith tk their
sinister burden?
"Presently we saw that we were
passing one of the citygates leading
into the distant country. .Agsin I was
tempted to cry-out, to call to the senti
nel, but fear for.ictoire deterred me,
Yictoire, whose mother believed her
slumbering sweetly under her little
white curtains.
"What should I, dp? What could I
do? I was i early distracted.
"By this time we-wero clear of the
suburbs, but still swept onward. An
other lightening of the Eky, andJ-saw
ahead of us a glistening sheet of water,
the river Deule. I knew it well a
deep, Tapid stream, "tho running of
whose current we even jiow could .hear.
"Undoubtedly tho wretches were go
ing to fling ns into this seething vortex.
"This time I would have cried out
but Yictoire, mad with fright clung so
tightly to my neck, clasping me with
such force that my voice died in my
throat, my eyes closed and tho cry was
strangled. -
"How long a time elapsed I never
knew. I was brought back to conscious
ness by the chair striking the ground.
They had set it down preparatory to
yes, but where, where? Decidedly not
in tho river. It was a room, on the con
trary, the dirty, grimy chamber of a
low country wineshop, whre a crowd
of rough, coarse men were drinking,
swearing and .rolling about a lot of
boxes, barrels and packages, like mer
chandise. " 'Mme. Jervaise, Mme. Jervaise!'
they shouted in chorus, as our bearers
set us down. 'Havo you brought us
Mme. Jervaise?'
" 'She is here, " the "bearers replied.
" 'To' work, to work, then 1 We have
no time to lose.'
"And the chair door was thrown open.
"But scarcely had they caught Eight
of Victoire and mc, crouching half dead
in the bottom of tho chair, when a wild
stampede took place, a belter skelter
rush for the outside. Tho lights were
extinguished, the thud of feetwas heard
pounding away into the night, and then
a deep, bloodcurdling stillness.
"We were alone in black darkness.
"Luckily I had noticed the direction
of the dcor. To leap from the chair,
seize Victoire's hand and make my way
to it was the work of a second. The
clouds had not deepened, the rain had
seased, and by the purest miracle we
found the road back to the city. By
daylight we wero safe at home.
"A fortnight later perhaps on article
in a morning paper gave me the key to
the mystery of that hideous night in
which we (Victoire and I) had been so
strangely involved. Tho article an
nounced the capture by tho police cf a
band of smugglers who had installed
themselves in an old, abandoned wine
shop in the outskirts of Lille a regular
magazine, as it turned out, of contra
band goods, which they had smuggled
in and out of the city by means of a
manikin representing a sick old woman,
partly paralyzed, and which, muffled in
wraps and placed in a sedan chair, they
carried back and forth under the very
nose of the gendarmes without the
slightest-fear of detection.
" 'An invalid ordered by the doctor
to take the steam baths,' they told the
officers of tho law, 'by name Alme. Jer
vaise. '
" 'Mme. Jervaise!' The name told
me all and explained everything that
hitherto had Eeemed mysterious aud in
explicable in our midnight adventure.
Happily for us ou'r nocturnal escapade
had never been suspected, and Victoire
and I escapsd a summons to appear as
witnesses before the court of assizes.
All tho same from that day to this the
thought of a sedan chair gives me goose
flesh down tho .spine." Tram the
French in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Chrysanthemum..
When tho plant was introduced, about
1840, it was only the small daisylike
flower, now only seen as a rule in cot
tage gardens, which was highly prized
as a novelty. The taste for growing and
showing it began early, and before 1860
there were many chrysanthemum socie
ties in existence, among them the Stoke
Newington, which formed the nucleus
of the National Eociety. Yet it was not
until 1859, when the plants suffered se
verly from early frosts, that there was
any idea of growing it under glass.
The Japaneso variety was noticed in
18G4 as a novelty, '"very curious and
interesting, but scarcely ornamental."
How little did the author of these re
marks suspect what a future was before
the plant ho so summarily set aside I
Three years later, however, we find Jap
anese varieties recommended with pom
pom and incurved, and since then they
have ever increased in favor.
The gorgeously colored, moplike
blooms now exhibited every autumn
would certainly astonish that writer of
SO years ago. The golden and bronze
shades of the chrysanthemum suited the
taste of the promoters of tho "high art"
Esthetic movement of a few years ago,
which, if it had no other merit, helped
to bring this flower more forward and
revived the culture of sunflowers, which
were fast becoming extinct in our gar
dens. Longman's -Magazine.
KelstioHS.
"How arc your relations with your
Wife's mother?"
"ily relations are not with my wife'o
mother. They are- with me and have been
in all tho controversies." Cincinnati En
quirer. More "Weicht.
Though much apainst the watered stock
Tho honest farmer rails,
He gives the thirsty steer a drink
A mile this side the scales.
. Detroit News.
Pink and Teller.
PJllen By the way, your wife has dis
continued her pink teas.
.Pollen Well, yes. Wo'vc got a littlo
pbiktcaso at tho house now that is occupy
ing all her time. Indianapolis Journal.
Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0!
Ask yuur grocer today to .show you a
package of Grain-O, tho new food drink
that takes the Dlace of coffee. The chil-
dren may drink it without injury as well
as tho adult All who try it, like it.
GRAIN-0 has the rich seal brown of
Mocha and Java, but it is made from
pure" grains, and the most dalioste
stomach receives it- without distress.
the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per
package. SolcTby all grocers.
Blood Pom
Centagioas lUoocLPoison has been ap
propriately called the curse of mankind.
It is the one disease that physicians .can
not cure; their mercurial aad petash
remedies only bottle up the poison ia
the system, to surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resultgiH -a total
wreck of the system.
Mr. Prank B. Martin, a prominent
jeweler at 926 Pensylvama Ave., wash
ington,D.C,says:
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for a severe case
of blood poison,
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the while, not
withstanding the
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jK ' hundred dollars.
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almost eaten away, so that for three
months I was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly,
and I was in a horrible fix. I had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when a friend recommended
S.S.S. After" T kad taken four bottles, I
began to get better, and when I had
finished eighteen bottles,. I was cured
sound and well, my skin was without a
blemish, and I have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life
of misery." S.S.S. guaranteed purely
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NEW TIME CARD.
KAST BOUND CENTRAL TIME.
No. 6 Local Piissenger 7:03 a m
No. 2 Past Mail 8:50 am
No. i Chicago Special 11:40 v m
No. 28 Way Freight 7:05 am
Trains No. 2 and 4 stop only at Lexing
ton and Kearney between North Platte
and Grand Island.
WEST BOUND MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. 5 Colorado Special 6:10 am
No. 1 Limited i-J20 p m
Xb.3 Fast Mail 11:50 a m
No. 23 Way Freight 7:40 a m
No. 21 Fast Freisrbt 3:15 r m.
N. B. OLDS, Agent.
Legal Notices.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at North Platte, NebM )
Januarys, 1S98. f
Notice is hereby Riven that the following-named
ettler hap filed notice of his intention to make
final proof In support of his claim and that Mid
proof vrill be made before the Begister and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Neb., on March 5th,
l&S, vis:
WILLIAM OCIIAMPAUGH
II. E. No. 18111 for the northeast quarter section
20, town 9, range 30 west.
He nnmes tho following witnesses to prove his
continnons residence upon and cultivation of
oid lend, viz: William C. Elder and Aaslin M.
Lock, of North Platte, Neb., acd Thomas M. Xee,
and Joseph M. Dorbm, of Wellfleet, Neb.
J25-9 JOHN P. HINMAN, Register.
Docket 251. No, Q.
MASTER'S SALE.
In the Circuit Court of the United States, for the
District of Nebraska.
Kkeke Five Cents Pavings Bank")
Complainant, j
vs. -In Chancery
John C. Hurras, et al, I
Defendants. J . ,
FOBECXOSCEE OF MORTGAGE.
Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance
and by virtue of a decree entered in the above
cause on tfae22d day of May, 1885, E, S. E. Dundy,
Jr., Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of
the United States for the. District of Nebraska, will
on the 14th day of March, 193, at the hour of 5
o'clock in the afternoon of told day at the front
door of the Lincoln County Court House building
in the City of North Platte, Lincoln County, State
and District of Nebraska, sell at auction for cash
he following described property, situated in the
County of Lincoln, and State of Nebraska, to-wit:
The ranth half (s :1 of section thirty-three (33).
in township fifteen (15) north, and the north half
(a i) of section five, (5), township fourteen (14)
north, all in range thirty-one (31) except twenty
five acres in a square form in tho south-east cor
ner thereof), west of the Sixth Principal Meridian
containing C15 acres, more or less, according to,
Government Survey.
E. S.DUNDY, Jr.
D, M. Vinsoxhaixb, Master in Chancery.
Solicitor for Complainant. s
ORDER OF HEARING ON ORIGINAL PROBATE
OF WILL,
State or Nebraska, )
ss.
Ltnco&n Countt. ) '
At a County Court, held at the County Court
Boom, in aud for said County, February 11, A.
D.1S98.
Preseut, A. S. Baldwin, County Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Nelson F, Donald,
son, Deceased
On rending and filing, an instrument in Said
Court, purporting to be the last Will and Testi-
ment of Nelson F. Donaldson, deceased, in which
Lizzie L. Donaldson is named as Executrix it is
ORDERED, That March 12th, A. D.1B98, at one
o'clock P. M., is assigned for hearing said peti
tion, hen all persons interested in said matter
may nnpear at a County Court to be held in and
for saw County, and show cause why said instru
ment should not be admitted to probate aud tho
said Lizzie L. Donaldson be granted Letters testa
mentary therein and that notice of the pendency
oi said matters and tne nearingtnercof. be given
to all persons interested therein by publishing a
copy of this order in The Tribune a Semi-Weekly
newspaper printed in said County, for three suc
cessive weeks, prior to said day of hearing.
JA true copy. Ji . S. Baldwin,
f 133 County Judge.
XOTICE TOR PDBLICATIOX.
Land Office at North Platte, Neb., )
February 19th, 1838. f
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
setUer has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
nroof will be made before Register and Itewiver
at North Platte, Neb., on March 23th, 1898, viz:
LORENZO V. GEORGE,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16094. for the
lots 1 and 2. section 2, township 14 north, range 31
west, 6th P. M.
He names the folloxing witnesses to prove his
continnons residence upon and cultivation of said
land; viz, Loren Sturges, Hans J. Hansen, William
biebold and Louis Peterson, all of North Platte.
Nebraska.
fll-fi JOHN F. HXNMAN, Register.
In the matter of tho Estate of George W. Dillard,
Deceased.
It appearing by the petition of James M. Ray.
Administrator of said Estate, .filed this 21st day of
February, lsssj. tuat mere Is not sufficient uer-
onal property in the hands of said Administrator
to pay the claims and charges allowed against
said Estate, and that it Is necessary to sell the
realty oi said Estate, to-wlt: Lot a, in block 159,
and lot 5. in block 149, all in CSortb Platte. Lincoln
county. Nebraska, it is ordered that all person in
terested in said instate appear before me at my of
fice in North Platte. Nebraska, on the 7th dar of
April, 1S38. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said
day, to show cause why a license should Jaot
be granted saiir Administrator to sell so much of
said realty as shall be necessary to pay the charges
against said Estate. Notice thereof will be given
by publication lor tour successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing in the Tribune, s legal news
paper published In onr said county.
f254 H. M. Grixes, Judge.
D, M. HOGSETT
Conteetop and Builder,
AND AGENT TOE
ECLIPSE ana FAIRBANKS
1 WIN DM ILLS.
RORTH PLATTE, NEB.
First National
F.J. BROEKER,
MERCHANT TAH33E.
Keady for the Spring trade
fine line of choice suitings-
DAVIS, THE HARDWARE HAN,
Exclusive agent for the 3
I fa
me fiouBd Oak Heater 1
(SEE THE NAME
And the Celebrated
I ACORN STEEL
The only big stove house in Lincoln
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Druggist.
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PAINTS OILS-
Diamanta
C. F.
LUMBER, JCOAL
AND
Order by telephone from7 Newton's Book Store.
N. McCABE, Proprietor.
North Platte Pharmacy.
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries.
, .
We aim to handle the best grades of goods
;Sell everything at reasonable prices, and
-warrant all goods to be just as represented, -r
AI! Prescription? Carefully Filled by a Lloensed Pharmacist.
Orders from the couritrjrand along the line of the Union
Pacific Railway is respectfully solicited.
First door north of First National B.ak.
Bank,
$oo;ooo.
SURPLES,,-,:
H. S. WMte, - - - President
P, A. mite, - - - Viee-Pres l
Arthur McNamara, - Cashier,
A general b&nkln
transacted
with
w
g- business $SS
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
ON THE LEG.)
(Who no one owes.) 2
Painters' Supplies,;
;P
"Window-Blass. Machine 'Oils.
Spectacles.
J. E. BUSH, Manager.
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