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CHRISTMAS 1
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A NICE CARVING SET
is one of the useful
presents for a Wcddinir
or Christmas gift. Wc g
have a good assortment
to choose from.
WHEN SELECTING A
PRESENT
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for a Gentleman you j
would like something
useful a good Foun- $
tain Pen is just the ar- g
ticlc. Wc hauc the eel- S
cbratcd Parta (Lucky S
Curve) pen guaranteed
satisfaction or your
money back. Call and
sec our big line of Holi
day Goods
CLINTON,
The Jeweler.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 4, 1900.
W, R. McKeen. Jr., transacted
business in Omaha yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hcaly were
Omaha visitors yesterday.
Two furnished rooms with bath
for rent. Apply at the Eves resi
dence, west Sixth street.
Miss Florence Turpie went to
Omaha this morning where she will
enter the Clarkgon hospital as
nurse.
The, ladies aid society of the
Lutheran church will meet on
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Gus Anderson.
The Ladies of the Maccabees
will hold a regular meeting Satur
day afternoon next and elect
officers for the ensuing term.
Mrs. Elmer Coates and daughter
who had been making an extended
visit with Hall county friends, re
turned home Saturday evening.
The ladies of the Christian Aid
Sjociety wijl meet with. Mrs. Geo.
Carter tomorrow afternoon. All
interested are invited tq attend.
The patients at the fair grounds
hospital are all reported to be up
and around, and as toon as the
eruptions dry and heal they will be
fumigated and then discharged.
The ward schools opened yes
terday with ninety-five per cent
of the usual attendance.
parents of pupils feeling con
vinced that the period of small-pox
contagion has passed.
Wanted A girl. Inquire at the
Iddings residence.
Chicago forecast for North Platte
and vicinity: Fair tonight and
Wednesday. The maximum tern
peraiure yefteraay was H; one
year ago 41. The minimum tern
perature this morning waB 30; one
year ago 8.
That twenty nme pound turkey
referred to it hese columns, Fri
day was served by W M. Baskiu.
)oa nujnbcr-gf his patrons Satur
day evening. The turkey was
cooked, jn prime condition, and
wth the et ceteras furnished made
a feast lit for a king.
It is not probabji that the high
scoql will hold future sessions m
t lie rooms on Front street, Tli
rooms arc dark and ill-fitted fdr
hcIiooI work, and the pupils labor
to a great disadvantage. It may
be possible that an effort will be
made- to secure the court room for
certain high school classes unt
the new building is completed.
Rev. John F. Seibert was forma
ly installed as pastor of the Luth
eran church, the services bciu
conducted by Rev. Mr. Barnitz, o
Des Moines, western secretary of
the Lutheran home board of mis
sious. The services were im
' pressive, and the special music
rendered by the choir made th
occasion one tha wijl be remem
The board of education held a
meeting last evening, the principal
part of the business transacted
being of a routine nature. The
ocal lodge of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics made
the board a proffer of a flag for the
the new school building, which was
gladly accepted. The rooms on
Front street which had been used
for high school purposes were
vacated, and a committee appointed
to wait upon the county commis
sioners and see if the court room
could not be secured for the Inch
school department until December
28th. It was voted to have but two
days vacation for the schools at
holiday times Christmas Day and
New Year's Day. By doing this a
week of the lost time can be made
up.
Last Wednesday evening W, II.
McLeay, the druggist, undertook
to fill bis gasoline lamp while it
was lighted. The gasoline ignited,
and for a moment it looked aB
though the whole store room was
doomed to destruction, but bv the
timely assistance of the by
standers the names were ex
tinguished by throwing the lamp
out of doors, kut not before Mr.
McLeay was badly burned on both
hands by the spillinjr of the gaso-
ine on them. He is very fortunate
under all the circumstances that
he saved his life. Gandy Pioneer
There's a time lor everything;
and now is the time to get good
values cheap. Our shoe stock is
complete. Selling W. L. Douglas
and Dr. Reed's cushion shoes.
Douglas $3 and $3.50 shoes, are as
good as any $5 shoe. Cheaper
grade's at $1.50, $2, $2.50. New line
of men and boy's shoes just re
ceived. Star Clothing House.
In a letter dated at Hershey Dec,
2d, J. L. Stricklcr says: I leave to'
night for Kansas City. Having
shared in the iovs and trials of
Lincoln county for the last seven
teen years Heave it for the present,
at least, to take up my abode in the
above city. I hope that Lincoln
county and her people may prosper
Owing to other engagements of
some of the members of the house
committee and the executive com
mittee of the Commercial Club, a
quorum of either committee tailed
to appear last evening, and
action on the business planned for
consideration bad to be postponed.
At the meeting of the city coutici
this evening it is expected that the
bills covering the expenses o
maintaining the pest Iioubc will be
presented. The bills will show
just how expensive a contagious
disease may prove to a munici
pality.
Mayor Seeberger, of Hershey, is
n town today transacting business
having fully recovered from his
physical indisposition of last week.
The Mayor reports that hU towu is
showing a Chicago-like activity and
the people contentea in well-doing
J. V. Robinson, who purchased
the Aveline farm at Spuds, was a
business caller at this office today
Mr. Robinson so far is well pleased
with his new location, and we pre
diet the longer he remains the
better he wjll like jt.
Up af Rayard they calj it chicken
pojf, and, there have uepn many
pases o it. You may call a skunk
a rabbit but that doesn't destroy
the stent.
Wilt Whelan and Mr. Scott, the
sheep man, left Sunday on a brie
visit to Chicago for the purpose o
looking up the sheep market.
Western range cattle arc &UII
being shipped to the eastern mar
kets, A thirteen car train of the
bovines passed through this morn
ing.
Chas. P. Ross leaves tonight lor
Wyoming tp do some special civil
engineering for the Union Pacific
company.
Will Woodhurst and Millard
Hobler went to Brady this morn'
ing to put in a day at quail shoot
ing.
L'uysiciaus report sort ot a
epidemic of cojds which parlak
somewhat of thp natqrc of la grippe
Frank went, to jxjugton
thjs morning,
Mays the Salisbury Raaok.
The Salisbury ranch in Plant
precinct which was sold to eastern
parties several months ago, has
been purchased' by William Turpie
and son Jas. Turpie, of, Columbus.
Jas. Turpie arrived a few days
ago and has taken charge of the
property and the stock thereon.
Mr. Turptc spent a year or two in
this bection and is well known to
our citizens. He is a hrst-class
fellow and wc arc glad to have him
return to Lincoln county.
Tramp Claims His Xlf am .
The Omaha Bee this morning
says: in the united States circuit
court there is being determined the
right of a tramp on a freight train.
n 1899 Angclo Pctrctta. an Italian
who needs an interpreter to con
verse with Americans,- tounu him-
self at North Platte on the Union
Pacific railroad. He had no money
to buy a ticket, but paid a brake-
man fifty cents to be permitted to
to ride to this city. He was in
structed by the brakeman to get
on top of a box car which was at
tached to the train, and according
to his story he climbed up and sat
on the brake wheel. After the
train had started, he testifies, the
conductor or some other trainman
came along and asked him for more
money, which he refused to pay
With clubs the trainmen then
droyc him from the top of the car
while' the train was running at full
speed. He tell uudcr the car and
lout an arm. He now asks $15,000
damages.
Citizens will remember this
young man as the one who was
cared for at Mrs. Pulvers home for
some time following the accident.
Mrs. Sutter, of Shelton, is the
guest ot her daughter Mrs, W. J.
Roche.
Royal
Baking
Powder
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
HOY At IUM POWSC CO., MWtOftK.
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Judge and Mtb, H, M. Grimes re
urned Saturday night from i
brief visit in Omaha,
M. C. Harrington did not reach
home Saturday but is expected to
arrive this evening.
Cochran Patterson did not leave
Sunday night with his brothers,
having concluded to remain in
town for a, week or so,
Clair Scanlan will entertain
party of young people at his home
this evening, and the invited
guests are anticipating a roya
good time." '
Warm clothing with the chil
taken off prices. Children suits,
new ones. Prices $1.35, $1.50, $2,
$2 50 and still better. Ages 3 to 10.
Star Ciotiiin House.
John Bloomer, a well known em
employe of the Union Pacific shops
returned from Denver a few days
ago with a bride. He has been re
ceiving hearty congratulations
from his fellow workmen.
SHOES
OVERSHOES)
LEGGINS.
General Manager Dickinson went
west Saturday on a tour of in-
ipectton of the road.
Supt. Baxter of the Nebraska
livision spent Saturday in town in-
pectlng the general work here,
C. H. Wilkins, grand senior con-
luctor of the Order of Railway Con-
luctors, will be
)er 13th and meet
odge.
For the Holidays.
Have you an adequate supply
of cooking utensils roasting
pans, cake tins, pots, pans and
kettles generally, ready for cul
inary operations incident to hol
iday feasting? Make an inventory
of your needs in this line and
in this city Decern- brinS" 5tto U8' Scc what quantity
licet with the local anu quality you'll get here at
small expense.
Always in the Lead!
line of
Lamps, Bronzes, China,
Ever seen in North Platte.
Wc cordially invite you to inspect our
Bronze Statuary,
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Ranging in price from $2.50 to $18.00. This is somcth
entirely new and novel and make elegant
ornaments.
Fancy Parlor Lamps
CHINA!
Aflaf. Rural. Wj r Itta rAtiftArt tit a I
Worthly house in the south part of " I1AAM. UDll , 0 1 UlD.
own and will remove his iamUy
rom Omaha to this city in the near
uturc.
Double-headers continue to be
popular with the company, both on
the Second and Third districts.
With the advent of the 1700 class
of locomotives double-headers will
cease.
"Engineer Win. Whitlock has re
turned from Chicago, where he
went several weeks ago. The trip
.vas taken for the benefit of his
health and he returns much im
proved.
The new 1600 class of compound
:ngines have been going west at
the rate ot about two per week,
ind about ouc-hall the number
ordered by the company have been
delivered.
Chas. Ware the new assistant
luperintcndent at this place,
arrived Saturday and Is acquaint-
tiff himself with the work ot his
district, which extends from Grand
Island to Cheyenne.
Nearly all the shop employes who
were off duty on account of vaccin
ation or by reason ot exposure to
dibcasc have returned to work, and
the shops present a more animated
appearance than they did ten days
ago.
Two ot the new passenger en
gines ordered by the Union Pacific
Nob. 1822 and 1823 passed
through to the Seventh district
Sunday. Two more of the loco
motives are now in Omaha, and aB
soon as broken in will be sent to
the Wyoming division.
No. 102 went out thta morning
with a caboose instead of a coach
attached, and the half dozen passen
gers probably: had a rough ride.
There were two sections of train
No. 4 last night and this took all
the coaches in the yards, hence
the shortage on No. 102
For the year ending June 30th
the Union Pacific purchased fifty-
seven locomotives, sixty-Bix passen
ger cars, eleven parlor and dining
cars, twenty-five baggage, and ex
press cars, eight combination cars,
1,187 freight cars and 182 ballast
and work cars. The total cost of
this equipment was $2,668,229.02.
Engine 1712 came down from the
Wyoming division Sunday and
went into the shops tor light
repairs. Another of the Bame class
is expected down today and they
will probably keep dropping in
until the quota for the Second and
Third district have arrived. It is
paid these locomotives have had
pretty hard service on the Wyom
ing division, and that they will all
need more or less repairs when they
reach here.
aaegMgafq j auc
Today wc arc in the front rank with the finest
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Ranging from 98 cents to $12.50. Wc have the best prices
on Lamps ever shown in this city for the reason that they
come direct from the factory producing the best Lamps
in the United States.
Wc take pride in saying that wc have
the lowest price on the finest line of
Table Set, Syrups, Salads, Cups and Saucers, Plates, etc.,
ever displayed in North Platte.
HARRINGTON & T0BIN.
iff
Edisoits Phonograph
Better than a Piano. Organ, or Hwio Box. for It rinra and talks as welt as nlavs. and
don't cost as much. It reproduces the bjhjIc of any Instrument band or orchestra Iclla
stories and alnga the old familiar hymns as well ai the popular songa It is al ways rend y.
PrketVlT.fiO to 1100.00. Boa thnfMri-EdUcVa slgnaturo la on every, midline. Cata
logue, of ail dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOOSAWI CO.,133 Fifth Ave., New York.
Nothing will pay you better
than to have dry warm feet. It
is one of the surest ways to keep
in good health. Our line is com-
The Badlands Misnamed.
The lovely .HfsTothan spring wna
touching; all things in tho fairy Bad
lands. Oh, why are they called Bad
lands? If nttire sat down deliberate
ly on the eighth day of creation and
said, "Now work is done, let's play.
Let's make a placo that shall combine
everything that is flnlshed and won
derful and beautiful, A paradtso for
man, and bird, and biast," It was sure
ly then that she rasde these wild, fan
tastic hills, teeming with life, radiant
with gayest flowers, varied with sylvan
groves, bright with prairie sweeps,
and brimming lakes and streams. In
foreground, oiling and distant hills
that change at every step, we find
some proof tnat nan re squanuerea
here the rlehes in other lands she used
as sparingly as cold, With wonderful
sky above and colorful land below, and
the distance blocked by sculptured
buttcs that are built of precious stones
aad ores, and tinged rjs by a lasting,
unspeakable sunset. And yc. tor all
this ten times gorgeous wonderland
enchanted, blind man has found no
better name than one which says "tho
road to It Is hard." Scrlbner's.
TOWN QUICKLY REBUILT.
PIONEER WOMfeN. ' -
riral of "their .He to. Outdo In CnnaiU
Wen French. v
The nineteen plonocr women whp'-.,T
disembarked on tho shores of Masaa-,
An Ennmy on Habit.
A schoolmaster once said to Ills pu!
pus that to tho boy who would make
the best piece of composition In Ave
minutes on "How to Overcome Hnttlt"
ho would give n prize. When the five
... 1 l 1 1 11' I UHUUlVB miu vaimi-u, H llltl Ul i JUIIID
inyic uiuvviy ucmu aim uuniiuuB ' Bt0od up mid suld: "Well, sir, Habit Is
If 'you take off the
change 'nblt.'
and prices arc what they always l,nnl to overcome. If yo
.,, ,. i first letter, It does not
arc with us RIGHT. , if you tako off another, y
Wilcox Department Store.
ou still have a
bit' left. If you tnkc off still another,
tho whole of 'It' remains. If you take,
off another, It Is not totally used up,
all of which goes to show that If you
want to get rid of n habit you must
throw It off altogether." Hesult, lie
won It.
V'arU-Uprlti Telephone I.luo.
Tho felephono lino between Paris,
and Berlin, vvhtch has been but recent
ly Inaugurated, was completed In June
last, The French and Gorman officials,
however, would not glvo tho lne over
to public imo until it had been trior-.
pughly tested, A conversation be-,
twecn Berlin and the French town (
costs flvo marks, except in the coso of
Bordeaux, Orleans and St, Etienno, for
which GVi marks Is charged. Both tho ,
lines between Paris and Berlin and
Paris and Frankfort aro doublo and
are constructed with bronze wire five
millimeters thick. It was originally
the Intention of both governments that
tho telephone should be ready at tho
opening of tho exposition. Tho Ger
man pan of tho wlro was brought to
the French frontier by the end of
March,
A cotxl tooklnc
bona snil poor look.
tof burnetii! tbs
Eureka
Harness Oil
ttt nnltf tnnlf Mt ha linrnMa At1 fftia
.nM i.U it kit mWM eh I
lcathtr oft nnd iliabl.tulsltln con
uiuon to i Mi i tv icq an iunj
cm it ordinarily would.
STANDARD
Give
Your
Horse a
Chance!
Vlv I)Mtroyd It Laat Jun anil Already
It I Replaced
The vlllago of Victoria, near Du
luth, Minn., was destroyed by Are June
9, this year. All tho business portion
was swept away, and 300 buildings were
burned. SInco that time the village
has been twice rebuilt, and It has now
a business section of solid brick, ex
tending for half a mile along tho main
street Immediately after tho Are upon
every lot that had contained a build
ing thero sprang up n mushroom
growth ot wood on temporary struc
tures. Families lived In box cars along
tho railroad track, single cars accom
modating an entlro family with all Its
furniture, from a sewlug machlno to u
piano. Tho depot was In a box car,
and dry goods boxes and cloth in
closures served as both dwellings and
places of business. As soon as nwn
and material could bo secured tho
woodf-n huts were torn down and per
manent brick buildings began to take
their place. Now, four months after
tno flro, there aro over 3,000 feet of
solid brick buildings of two and three
stories either completed or nearly so,
There Is not a wooden building on tho
main street. A handsomo theater,
called, of course, "Opera House," ca
pable of seating 700 persons, has been
completed; a club for the social wants
of mining engineers, business men, and
their visitors has been organized and
a house for it erected. The beet hotel
north of Duluth 1b under way, and the
village is putting In all tho newest con
vcuicnccs of clvillzAt'on. An Iron mine
has been discovered undor tho town,
and is being open:..!. Tho Virginia ot
today Is very dl.'cront from that ot
tr III" mnnrria ntvn ft la nn nvnnllnnf
exajnplo of woslcrn, butlQ. TUq Bos- j
chusetts In 1620 have been colcliratud '
ever slnco In romanco atld pootry.
Twelvo years earlier n banner" bearing
the lilies of Franco was planted on
tho headlands of Quobec. Tho colony' '
thus inaugurated was augmented from
time to tlmo by tho emigration of
mall groups of women from tho moth
er country, Theso fow licrolo souls,
the pioneer women of Canada played as
Important a part in Its growth, arid
are as worthy of otornal romerobrance,
as their Anglo-Saxon sisters of Now
England. Yet, with fow exceptions,
they have waited In vain for, h -poot
to tell In Immortal vorso their 'horojc
deeds, or an historian to pJP.otuato
their fame. Many of theso pidnoor
women, of whom Jcanno Manco was
tho central figure; would ovon nowa
days be looked upon ns "omanclpatod"
and "advanced." Yet It wna nearly
three centuries ago that Judith do Brc
soles renounced tho luxury of a
wealthy and arlstocrntlo homo, and do-
voted seven veara. to .tho study, of
chemistry and medicine, that nlio
might exercise tho profession among
the savages of tho now world; that
Marguerite do Roborval, descended ot
a long lino of French cavallors and
noble dames, wnndorcd nlono through
the haunted wastes of Domou's Islo,
and Jtept at bay tho wild beasts of tho
wilderness with her old Fronch nrquo
bus; that Mario Guynrd, with her fow
bravo ftlstants, dollcatoly nurturod
and higli-birn womon of Franco, mado
of thcr.iKo.ves In turn, mechanics, ar
chitects and farmers In their adopted
land; that thoso dainty nurses, tho
hospltalleros of Quobec, dyed tholr
cherltmed white garments an ugly
brown, that thoy might follow tholr
profession tho, more efficiently amid
tho smoke and uneleanllucss of tho
squalid wigwams. "Who now will
hosltato to cross over tho Bens," ex
claims a poor missionary at sight of
theso courageous gentlewomen, "slnco
dcllcato young women, naturally timid,
set at naught tho vast oxpauso of
ocean? They who nro afraid of n'fow
flakes of snow in Franco aro ready to
face wholo acres of It hero!" Tho
coming of theso womon to tho Now
World was In great purt due to tlio
urgont cries for womon's holp Bont
over tho sea by theso early missiona
ries, who put forth many Inducements
for their emigration, among othors,
tho great sulubrlty of tho Canadian
climate. One of them writes that tho
air ot ITaw Franco Is healthful for tho
body as well as for tho soul, wlillo
another declares that ulthough tho
cold Is very wholesome for both eoxos
It Is ospwlally so for women, who nro
ulmoBt Immortal la Cnnadu. Chdutau-quaa.
The Tribune- fund Tlic Prairie
ton ranssqrlpt,
Farmer one year for $L25.
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