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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1898.
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GIRL'S SHOES....,,.
TAN AND BLACK. ' .
We have Just marked and placed on
our shelves several dozen pairs of Girl's
shoes in Black and Tan. The Tan are made
from Kid stock Coin toes Tan Patent
Leather Tips and Hooks lace. They are
well made. They are nicey made and will
wear well. The price is $1.25 for sizes S 1-2
to 11 and $1.50 for 12 to 2. The Black's
are the same style and same quality. We
have also received three styles1 of Black
shoes for children wearing sizes 5 to 8.
One is a nice soft shoe, with turn soles, coin
toe and lace at 85 cents. Another with
heavier sole at 90 cents and one in button
with wider toe at 7 5 cents. All are of that
characteristic quality that comes from
here good. - .
DECATUR & BEEGLE,
GEO. M. GRAHAM.-MGR.
YELLOW FBOjYT SHOE STORE.
THE CAR WAS SWITCHING.
Bat
It Caancd the Defpalr of s Sleepy
tectarcr In Search of Rest.
"I hvo long made it a practice to
Bleep whenever I get aa opportunity,."
raid a man who lectures, "bnt a recent
.experience in Baltimore bas made me
shy of opportunities. Yon I spend a
great deal of time on railroad trains,
and frnnnmiflv. in order to keen encase-
m. --j ,
Bents, I am forced to travel at night.
Now, I have great difficulty in getting
asleep on a sleeping car, and sometimes
I -toss around all Bight. I
v ;r--.
, .andafter the lecture 1 loana a JS
b added to the train bound for JSew
York. That was my opportunity. I
bought a section, hunted up the porter
and asked him if 1 uiigbt mire with
the expectation of not being aroused be-
lore morning.
riiit,.f in -a- tnf r in nnr 10 nprn t nr 1
colonel,' he answered. We don't pull j
out till 1 :30 in the morning, and you !
can just go right to sleep.1
"That sounded inviting, and I retir
ed, i fell asleep promptly. The move
ment of the car aroused mo, and, think
ing that we had been coupled on to tho
New York train, I closed my eyes again.
At that moment the car ran into some
thing on the track with a crash and
stopped so suddenly that my head was
bumped against the end of the berth.
Undoubtedly a smash up, I thought, and
I proceeded to get onfc of my berth. The
porter was sitting in the seat opposite.
41 For heaven's sake, "what is the
trouble?' I asked.
Kothin,' he replied; just switch
in.' "Back 1 crawled, feeling very cheap.
Again I felt drowsy, and once more tho
car was bumped violently, then shoved
along tho tracks at a rapid rate and
shunted into the end of another train,
starting a series of crashes that sppuded
gnp after anofher clear away pp the.
track. The quiet that followed lasted so
loiii? that I becan to doze. Another
iiiiii ?- n iiiiu 1 11 u v&ft AtJ u-waw v
bump harder than tho previous ones
aroused" me, and for the next five min
utes it seemed as f two engines must be
engaged in shunting my car back and
forth; for the fun pf it. 1 would feel the.
par slide along pny (o come to an abrupt
sfpp with a lot pf "noise. Then it would
slide) back 0 another track and stand
stilt or thp next hour J was tossed
jm4 bruised in my berth, and I could,
stand it pq longer. J crawled. ou; and.
d,resse4 as best I could under the pir
cpmstances, madp p flying jump from.
the par op ouq pf its shunting trips past
thp ptatjpu and went q a hotel and
ppeg fhp Pigh. Tbp memory of that
experience has made mp cautious about
epterhig sleeping cars tha$ are loafing
around ttlP jard waiting tq be cpuplc
to B twin, even if ?t does seem tp offer
an opportunity to make up sleep. The
amount of shakipg np that ono man re
ceives in a car that is 'just switchin' is
surprising." New York Sun.
The locality ef Disease.
In an interesting article on the areas
of disease the London Saturday .Review
remarks upon the consensus of medical
opinion, that diseases in general have
their local habitations Kane, like trop
ical animals and plants, living only in.
the tropics; some, like oensumption,"
gradually spreading pyer the whole
arth, wbije others, liko leprosy and.
spiallpox, are "by degrees becoming lira-j
jted in their distribution, possibly tend:
jpg, it1 may be, toward extinction. Qn.
the ob'ef'h'andi however; there are re
giops'Tp which diseases have nevei
roaoSed,' for instance, o the sammits ol
Ligb mountain ranges and in the cir:
pi'rapplar snowfields the earth and aiz
and vater are as barren of the microbes
pf disease as they are of animal life.
Tki fvriter ia The Beview admits tha$
STa nfcrvlike Britain, thiokly popu
lated1 fpc raaay cenrarie, and vmhtha
ljftwbteil tba? tary yard of m
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ueaae
some newer land brought over to Brit
ain's shores falls a victim to its-plague
stricken soil, but by generations of a
destrnctive elimination Britons have
become higblyrgsistant to their native
diseases, yet nifully so, for cancer and
consumptiou,$fo cf the most common
sconrges, stilHiolrl ppweiful away.
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Tit For Tat.
The late jvlcutagu Williams, In
his
ipavps
rJT5J,
with Sir Hardinne Giflard
nowliord Haisbury in an important
election petition fat Shrewsbury. At
k SirHardirse lirotested. He said
u&aTokeCi d ev5ntuali:
and eventaally"hiy
eminent junior had to put on a mackin
tosh and smoke bin cigar in a snow
storm Mr. Montagu Williams did uof
bavo to wait long for an opportunity to
retaliate. Sir Hardinge carried his habit
of punctuality to a height tbatwsis culy
scaled bv his politeness. He would
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have breakfast ready to a moment,
but would nevej? commencd without his
junior. That morning Mr. ildntagn
"Williams tarried so long over his toilet
that be did not enter the breakfast room
imtii three minutes before tbe hour at
which the oourt sat He -writes :
"I found Giftard seated in an arm
chair before au enormous fire. The
breakfast grilled fish and other delica
cies was placed on tho fender. Tbe tea
had not yet been brewed. My lender
looked in n rage. He must only have
been acting, however, for in all my life
I never saw him seriously out of tem
per. I knew ho declared, just as well as
he did, what his rules were. X knew
that he had been waiting breakfast for
mo. It was my duty to be down in time
and make tbe tea, and in consequence
of my laziness he would have to go tq
court witbont. my breakfast at alL
utj' I casually remarked, '1 never cat
breakfast. don't care about it.'
'Well,' hp pjoiued, you are, I think,
the most selfish fellow I ever came
across.' 'Oh, dear, ' no, '1 said, 'you for;
get thp smoking yesterday. You don't
enipke. 1 don't see fbe difference.' He
p'nrst put laughing, and we proceeded tq
court. ThatTiigb't I remained by the
lire whpii the m'p;il wag over and smpked.
mycigaf." SL ."'amesGazefte.
After Dsuner Orator.
Although "forensic oratory" is fast
becoming $ tradition, although college
debating gt its bestcails cut but per-,
functory interest from the body of stu-?
dents, although what is left of congres
sional eloquence is worth, speaking ccm-i
paratively, but a passing raentiop in the
press, although the address is supplant
ing the. oration and. is itself tolerated as
a perhaps necessary bore, yet there prob
ably never W?3 a time when the "after
dinner orator" flourished as lie does to
day. "Epochs pre signalized by their
eatincs. "somewhere remarks Ken el in
Chillingly, the nineteenth century phi
losopher, and our own is signalized oy
the bad digestion which waits on ora
tcrv n la mode.
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Ifc is rvnical of tho American wav of
I doing things just as we play our na
tional game oy crowding around a "dia
mond" to watch professionals play it
for ns that at our dinners we have our
talking done for us, i not by prcfes
Eionals. at least bv men who make a
nrofession of ife. " These are the men who.
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as one pf their pumber wittily described
it, are to 'be found regularly each din
ing season travcline "the postprandial
circuit " They are popular, recocnized
purveyors of tbis kind of oratory, asdis-
tmcuy marKea as a class as are Clergy
men or actors. Outlook. " J
Keadlac Character
Dribbler In my opinion, a man whq
writes an illegible hand does it because
he'thi&ks people are wiHing to puzzlg
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pf cpdcejt.
Scribbler Not always. Spmetimes 4
man writes illegibly pot because he.iu
conceited, but becauiie.he is raodeet
Bribbler-r-od? Wbat .aWtf
Boribhlf-r Alioat kis &ri Ha. -Vaw
&ZATH 0FL1STEX EELLS.
Lester -Eells, who was stricken
with apoplexy early Friday morning-,
died at 3:30 the same afternoon
without regaining consciousness.
A short funeral service was held
at tbe house Saturday afternoon
and at midnight the remains were
taken to Council Bluffs for inter
ment. Lester Eells was born in Chau
tauqua county. New York, in 1854,
and when twenty-two years of age
came to North Platte, and accepted
a position as clerk in the Union Pa
cific Hotel, then conducted by M. G.
Keith. Later he entered the em
ploy of Keith & Barton as book
keeper, and afterwards held a simi
lar position with Dillon & Collins.
In 1883 he was elected county treas
urer and served for two years in
that capacity. Upon relinquishing
that position he opened an insur
ance agency and continued in that
business until about a year ago.
He was an energetic man and did
much to push North Platte enter
prises. -
Mr. Eells was of an exceedingly
kind, disposition, a friend to every
acquaintance, and therefore very
popular with bis fellow men. He
had a kind word for everybody, was
of a jovial, bouyant nature, and
had few if any enemies during his
long residence in North Platte. He
will eyer live in the memory of
North Platte people by reason of
his many good deeds, and his be
setting sin will be covered with the
mantle of charity.
By B. B. Hook and Ladder Co.
In the death of our comrade,
Lester Eells. we are again brought
face to face with the fact that -in
the midst of life we are in death."
Yesterday he met us with the kind
ly greeting so natural to him; to
day his lips are silent and-his spirit
has taken flight to the realms of
eternity. In all the associations of
life he was a true and manly man,
a loving husband, a public spirited
citizen and a sincere and steadfast
friend. To the tmpanion who
survives him, we extend the warm
est sympa'thy, although we realize
keenly that in sorrow such as hers
words are rbut feeble things, and
that only the Divine Comforter can
soothe the aching heart. Let us.
who survive him, cast the mantle
of charity upon his faults and be
stimulated by the example of his
virtues, for soon may we too be
called upon to surrender our mor
tality, and render an acconnt of our
stewardship.
J. U' MiSOR,
0?Has. O'Neal.
Leo Hart,
Com.
W. P. Collins, j
NEIGHBORHOOD HEWS
In Kearney much complaint is
made over the "wide open" manner
in which the saloons", gambling'dens
and bawdy houses are conducted.
The good people of Sidney are
still much disturbed over the re-!
port that their tp,wn to be aban
doned as a division station on the
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Union Pacific
Th people of Lexington will
vpte op thp proposition to issue
fuqcjirig bonds in tUe amount of
$8,500 to tak.e up the floating in
debtedness of th.e city.
The Methodists of Cozad are se
riously contemplating the eree
tion of a qew chqrch building at a
cost of $4,000 or S5.0DQ. Republi
can prqspenty makes all things
possible,
Just to show some people that
free silver is not a corpse, the Keith
county be-metallic union be held a
meeting in Ogalalla last week.
About forty of the faithful attend
ed. The commissioners of Dawson
county have appropriated $700 to
assist in inaking a display ot pro
ducts of that county at the Omaha
exposition. Residents of thecounty
will increase the sumto $2,000.
The temperance people of Lex
ington, and therelots of them, have
nominated a city ticket and will
work hard to secure its election on
Tuesday of next week- The mayor
and councilmen nominated are
pledged to reject all applications
for liquor license in case of elec
tion. Rapid transit is evidently on the
decline in Greater New York. Fifty
thousand straps have been ordered
by the street car companies to en
able Lhe peppje to hang on to the
present system.-
A are THXS. for You.
A transaction in which yon cannot lose
is a sure thing. Biliousness, sick head
ache, furred tongue, fever, piles and j
thousand other ills are ram&p? hv pnn
stipation and a sluggish liver. Cascarets
uanqy uatnaruc, tne wonderful new
liver stimulant and intestinal tonic, are
oy ail druggists guaranteed to cure or
money refolded. C. G. C. are a sura
thhur. Try a box to-dav: 10c. 25c.. 50c
John Hainel, of South Omaha,
came into Grand Island and in at
tempting to efc off the blind bag
gage fell andbrokeliis collar bone.
According to a new ordinance all
Omaha barbers must pass a satis
factory examination- before they
will be allowed to work at their
trade,
A bureau for the releif of suffer
ing Cubans is being established
at Falls City and the mayor has ap
pointed a committee to solicit as
sistance.
Some one at Calhoun, set fire to
the barn of ' Mr. Couchman which
was stocked with grain and costly
buggies. The loss will foot up to
$2,500.
There will be a larger amount of
land around Kearney given to cel
ery raising this year than ever be
fore. The farmers in that vicinity
realized a good deal of money on
their celery last year.
The Bostonian Opera Co. passed
east on a special train Sunday
afternoon at five o'clock Several
of the giddy girls came out ot the
cars and stretched their limbs.
As between
to the Klon-
r
dike and
digging-
and
dying for
gold, and going to Cuba and fight
ing for freedom, Fremont, people
are pretty well satisfied to stay at
home and saw wood.
During tlie- progress of an early
spring thunderstorm at Central
City, lightning struck the house
of W. N. Allertbn.,- The bolt pass
ed into a bed room where two small
boys were sleeping, and broke off
-one lesrot the bedstead. Neither
of the boys were injured.-
The Nebraska law organizing
the national' guards appears to t)e
all that could be'desired in tbe way
of providing for the uses ot Uncle
Sam in an emergency, an organiz
ed and disciplined body of troops
at a days notice. A few others
states h'ave similar provisions
under-Twhich the lederal
govern-
ment can call out the -state mili
tary organizations for an emergen
cy, "In no other way can millitary
organizations be ot any special use
in the case of war. Hence the
Nebraska contingent will be among
the first on hand for business in
in cast of hostilties with Spain.
Most of the other states will have
to await the slow processes of en
listment and drilling before their
contributions to the national army
will be of any service.
Nebraska railroad managers say
they are not worrying over the
probable action of the state rail
way commission in the case brought
in which they are ased to order a
reduction in freight charges in the
state. Why should they worry? It
is common notoriety that the popo
cratic retormers who constitute the
state commission never sign their
names without first having assur
ance from railroad headquarters
that there is no objection on the
part of the railroads. Bee.
After years of untold suffering from
piles, B. W. Purscll of Knit'rersville,Pa.,
was cured by using asingle box of Do
Witt's Witch Hazel Salvo. Skin dis
eases, suchas eczema, rash, pimples and
obstinate sores aro readily cured by this
famous remedy. North Platte Phar
macy. "To send the Maine report to
Congress," says the Madrid Impar
cial, "is equivalent to throwing a
torch into barrel of gunpowder."
The Imparcial's figure of speech
does not quite express the idea. To
send the Maine report to congress,
it should have said, is equivalent
to exploding a mine.
To Care Constipation .Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c.
or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists
refund money.
Weather charts and wind agree
in refuting the report of the frac
ture of winter's backbone. Medi
cine Hat is doing bu,sine at the
old stand..
Rea! "Hikes tHc t& pare,
wlwieMHM aaa deliciess.
8., KG VMK.
POWDER
AEsalMf y Pare
! Talk, about your troubles
you ought to see what hap
pened to" 'A Hired Girl."
LLOYD'S 0PESA HOUSE,
Thursday iS"ymg. Q1 q4-
Chas. E. Blaney's Latest Mus-
N ical Success,
A HIRED GIRL. .
A witty melange of melody and
mirth, burlesquing fads current
nowadays.
Tfyos. J. 2?yai?,
As the girl and a big special cast.
ADMISSION 50 and 75 cents.
Seats on sale at Clinton's.
A real quiet but; always deter
mined jnan dropped into the sanc
tum on tiptoe and whispered into
the editor's ear: "The patriot wbo
is the loudest spoken and mostanx
ious for the United States to go to
war with Spam will not be the one
who will be in the front ranks of
the volunteers. Ke will be found
in the rear column of the home
guards."
An exchange describes a situa
tion which is known in every news
paper office when it says that a man
doesn't think of the feelings of his
mother when he gets into a dis-.
graceful scrape of depravity, but he
expects the editor to have the ten
derest regard for that mother's
feelings and to omit mention of his
nameon. telling the shameful-stor-y.-
Civilization is making gratifying
strides in Oklahoma. Miss Ima
Hellpopper has changed her name
to Ima Helper, and her action was
approved by the courts.
Peacefully inclined crooks who
stole a militia cannon in Chicago
did not convert it into plowshares
or pruning hooks. Thev converted
it into cash at a junk shop.
Two Millions a Year
When people buy, try, and buy again,
it means they're satisfied. The people
of the United States are now buying
jCascarets Candy Cathartic at the rate
of two million boxes a year and it will be
three million before Now Year's. It
means merit proved, that Cascarets are
the most delightful bowel regulator for
every body the year round. All drug
gists 10g , 25c, 50c. a box, cure guar
anteed. Freak legislation is not confined
to western and southern slates. An
eastern legislature has scheduled a
bill-lor the protection of the meph
itis Americans. If it refers to the
perfumed "bird," protection is su
perflous. Perhaps it is intended
to head off an investigation of
shady legislators,
Wo are anxious to do a little good in
this world and can think of no pleasan
ter or better wcy to do it than bv recom
mending Ono Minute Cough Cure as a
preventive of pneumonia, consumption
and other serious lung troubles that fol
low neglected colds. North Platto Phar
macy. Colonel Abe Slupsky, the dis
tinguished reformer statesmen of
Missouri, is adding new laurels to
his well-adorned brow. The Col
onel 'has undertaken to absorb
twenty pints of beer daily for
thirty days. He began his great
task on the ISth, and at last ac
counts was unloading his schooners
with co ni for table regularity. If
the pictures of the colonel are true
to life, his storage capacity is
sufficient for the emergency.
KOTICZ. c
U. S. Land Office, Korlh PIslle, Neb., )
March 3. 1S78. f
Complaint having been entered at tbls ofBco by
Oscar H. Bradley against Lewis E. GrandstafI for
abandoning his Homestead Entry "So. 17061, dtd
April 8, 1893, upon the noitii cli ot tae
northeast qaarter. the east half of the nonlnrest
qmrter reciion Z faVnshlp 10. north,
range 27 usst, ia Lincoln county, Nebras
ka, with n vintr tn th( rnnMlI-ilInn r.r &r1A
the ald parties are hereby summoned to appear
m uais twcB im uia ma aay or Jiay. jaw, at
ten o'clock a. m.t to respond and furnish testi
BBOBy coacerninjj said allctfed abandonment.
JOHN JF. HINXAN,
Ileeister.
NOTICE TOK PUBLICATION.
. Land Office at North MHe'T Neb., ?
March 2th, 188S. S
Notice is hereby given that the follo-Klng-BAHied
settler has filed notice of hisJoteaUoB to make
teal proof la rapport of his claim, and that nail!
proof will he aade before Register-and Seceiver
at Xerth Platte. Neb., oa Xay 5th, 166, viz:
JTJLTUS C H. C. PDIX8,
who B$ade Horn ejt cad- Entry No. 15709 for the
aprlh half of the sostbea qwwter asd the Borth
fctdf of 5oathwet naarter of sectioa 22, In towMhiB
II. Borth, rasge SI west. He naes the leUovlng
wiiseesea o prove his eocuaaoss yociaonce npom.
and enMtva4toa af safd. land, viz: Sam 1 e.
Besry C. Welch. Dora Gaedie ad Ered Gaedha
aH of gecrsetT Neb.
JOUN.E. HXXHAK,
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We are in the Wall Paper business, and for Zisi
noss. We have a larger stock than ever. We have
more competition than ever in the way of sample
agents, however we think by having an elegant stock
on hand to select from and prices as low as the lowest
we will at least sell some Wall Paper this season
Our prices, given below, are by the single roll.
Per Eoll - 3. Cents I Per BolR - 10 Cents
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As all Wall Papers are put up:in 'double rolls we" do
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You do not have to pay for more than
you use. You can return any full
rolls to us and get your money back.
. USUH3 SHIrB OF MNffI1TS
NEW TIME CARD.
KAST BOOT) CENTRAL TIME.
No. G Local Passenger 7:05 a m
No. 2 Fast Mail 8:50 ax
No. 4 Chicago Special 11:40 p x
No. 28 Way Freight 7:05 ax
Trains No. 2 and 4 stop only at Lexing
ton and Kearney between North Platte
and Grand Island.
WEST BO USD M O UNTAIN" TIME.
No. 5 Colorado Special 6:10 a
No. 1 Limited 4:20 r M
No. 3 Fast Mail 11:50 a m
No. 23 Way Freight 7:40 am
No. 21 Fast Freight ...3:15 v
N. B-. OLDS, Agent.M.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
yOORHEES LUCAS,
PHYSICIAN.
Office over First National Bank.
gEDELL & THORPE,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Offices: North Platte National Bank
Building, North Platte, Neb.
F.
F. DENNIS, M. D.,
HOMOEOPATHIST,
Over First Natiooal Bani,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBBASSA.
g S.RIDGELY,
ATTORNEY-AT-XiAW .
OGace over Longley's Drug Store,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA
7TLCOX & HALLIGAN,
ATT0IffiEY8-AT-LW
iCOBTH PLATTE, .... NEBRASKA
Office over North Platto NaUeBal Bale
g E. NORTHRDi ,
DENTIST,
First National Bank Building,
NORTH PliATTE, NEB. .
T.
C. PATTERSON,
Office over Yellow Front Shoe Store,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
School Orders Stolen.
The following school orders issued by
District No. 23 to Herbert Votaw were
stolen on or about February 10, 1898:
No. 18 for UAOi No. 22 for Z40.00; No. 23
for fcUO; No. 29 for $40.00; No. 24 for
$4.;No.3aforW0;No. 32 foe 40.00;
No. 33. feff H.40. All person are waraed
agaiast purebaeiBg any of the above
orders, Hebbkkt Voxaw.
iIajwood,NU, Hreh 9, 1888.
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I.A.PORT,
U. P. R. R. Land Agent,
Is leasing lands in this county for
the low price of
Sio Per Ouarter,
or $35 per section, for pasture land.
300,000 ACRES
for sale or lease. Call at his office
over Harrington & Tobin's store.
WANTED
To borrow $500.00 on an in
vestment that is paying- ten
per cent. For particulars in
quire of
Thomas F. Healey.
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