WANTED BIRD CAGES. A Toon* t*tj From tho Bait la Ex tremely Fastidious. They were extremely swell people from down Bast There was the mother and daughter, or perhaps daughter and mother would be a more proper order, beoause the daughter certainly went before the mother on all occasions. The daughter was cultured, rosthotic and very Bostonese. They hod a front ■oom and everything to match at the Grand Paoifio in Chicago, but the daughter was finicky and hard to plpase. She wanted this, that and everything, in addition to the usual furniture of the apartment. It is very seldom, indeed, that even the most fault-finding guest can dis cover cause for oomplain tat the Orand Pneifio, so this lady's actions were considered eccentricities of hers, not defects in the house. She broke the record, so to speak, when she sont word to Sam Parker that she would like to see him in the parlor. To him, having arrived there, •he said: "I would be greatly pleased if you could make a few additions to the furnishings in our suite." “Why, certainly,” said the junior partner, “we will put in anything you would like Whatseems to be wanting in the arrangement of the room?” “Well, there are no—no gilded bird eages ornamented with blue ribbon . and mauve bow-knots hanging in the windows,” she said. Sam staggered and felt thA parlor whirl round, but he grabbed the back of a chair for support and gasped: “Why, no, there are not. But have you some birds you would like cared for?” • “Oh, no, we have no birds with us; but I think gilded cages in the win dows make a room look so nice. Don't you, now, really?” REMINDERS OP DICKENS. Itrangs Rush Riven to Streets In Old English Towns. The corporation of Colchester have oeen busying themselves in effacing tome ancient place and street names described as “disagreeable,” and in tome instances offensive, and replac ing them with names more acceptable to the refined ears of these tlmea Thus “Snake lane,” has, we learn, been euphemlzed into “Serpentine walk,” while “Catsfield road” has be come “St Alban’s road,” “Grub street,” “Gallows lane,” “Pigs’ row,” *tnd the like have, however, not yet been subjected to a similar process of purification. On turning to the list of streets in Hatton's curious “View of London” 1708, we find many such names as “Brandyleg walk,” “Barefoot alley,” “Cutthroat lane" (Colchester.it seems, if afllioted with a “Cutthroat lane), ” “Deadman's place,” “Dunghill lane," "Dark entry," “Foul lane,” and “Hog lane,” together with three “Dirty lanes”—two of them in the then fash ionable localities of Longacre and Leicester fields—and no fewer than eight “Frying Pan alleys” in various parts of the oity and suburbs. The disappearance of most of these has doubtless been due to some such feel ing as that which has awakened the .nelplent reforming zeal of the Col chester town council. A CHINESE RECEPTION. OM Wedding Celebration In n Mew York Opera House. A unique wedding reception was given 'one night at the Lexington Avenue opera house, New York, by Chu Fong Wing Foy and his bride, who were married a few days ago in Chinatown. The bridegroom is a man af wealth, the proprietor of a Chinese theater, and a member of the famed 9ix companies and a mandarin in his own country. The ceremonies began with a dis play of fireworks in the street and in the basement of the building for the purpose of frightening away spirits. Next came a serenade by a Chinese orchestra, which surely disposed of any particularly courageous fiend which remained. , Chu Fong was a pattern of Chinese fashion. He wore a sur-coat of crim ton-flowered silk, white silk stockings, white, black-trimmed satin shoes and » mandarin black skull cap, with a red button, and in the rim over the center af his forehead blazed a great solitaire diamond. The bride was a wonder of silk, gold and silver embroidery on a satin blouse,a wonderful petticoat of silk, in all colors of the rainbow,and her raven black hair was decorated with a curi ous black halo of jewels and tinsel. Ae Astronomical Paula. Two of th© four moons of Jupiter ot> saaionally exhibit a rare phenomenon. They cross between ns and that planet's disc as dark objects, although it is positively known that their sunny tides are at that time presented to us, and, in consequence, should appear as miniature orbs no lest brilliantly Illustrated than the immense globe that holds them in position. It is the third and fourth satellites that make these dark transits. The first gffiie times crosses as a brownish mass, but the second has never been known to sross In anything but most brilliant ittire. Bndaranoc of Owls. Owls, as well as pigeons and other birds, have remarkable powers of fen durance. Blinding daylight is the paly thing that prevents them from covering long distances, as trained pigeons now da When 600 miles off the coast of France a big owl alighted in the rigging of the British steamer Wildflower, bound from Rouen to Philadelphia. It was soon caught, and its empty stomach proved that it had not eaten anything for days, having been driven seaward by a storm. During the day it could not Bad its why back and alighted on the ship, THE GOLD FERN. A White Ilouae Souvenir Chat Bride* aod rratty Girls Got. Among the visitors to the White house tvho »ro taken through the conservatories, those who ore in special favor are shown a littlo trick with u beautiful fern. The scientific name of the fern is inscribed on the usual stick and inserted in the (lower pot. Hut tlie name is too much for ordinary mortals to carry around. The White house ushers are ordinary mortals, and those who know the forn simply call it tho “gold fern.” The plants aro mainly in the south east corner of tho conservatory, near the dining-room. The usher halts before a mass of green. 9 It doesn't look especially attractive, for the plants, which you notice are ferns, haven't even the grace to bo real green. They look a bit yellowish. Then the usher snips off a single point from weu out of sight, lie looks for the prettiest girl with a dark coat or frock. lie lays the leaf down on her sleeve, asks her to hold still, bogs her pardon, gives the fern on her arm a little slap and picks it up. There on the sleeve is the form of the fern In golden yellow dust. Then everybody “Ohs!” and “Ahsl" and wants to be stamped also. Hut the White House conservatory wouldn't furnish enough sprays if everybody got a fern stamp, so the usher grows deaf and the pretty girl carries away the fern point to preserve as a White house souvenir. But the gold fern is only on exhibition on rare occasions, for at one time it was all the rage and the ferns looked so lean and hungry the head florist interfered. Brides and pretty girls got the favor now. OLDEST ACTOR ALIVE. The Octogenarian who Plays the Lover In "Much Ado About Nothing.” The dean of the London Lyceum company, and the oldest actor on the stage, is Henry IL Howe, a white haired, hale man of 83 years. All close readers of theatrical melange know something of him. Though an old man, he has in recent years taken the part of a gay gallant io many Shake spearean and other plays. This is what he said of himself in answer to questions: “I have been on the stage now for over fifty-six years, having gone on first in 1836. I was forty-two years and nine months at the Haymarket, in London. I have also been with the great Maeready, Charles Kean, and others. I was a protege of Mac ready. In my long experience I have had but seven managers. Irving is the prince of them alL He Is what you may call a royal manager. “I was a schoolmate of John Bright and I think the reason lie entered on a career of politics and I took the stage is because of an old schoolmas ter wo had. We attended In youth the Aclcworth school, Yorkshire. The master was great on elocution. It was a perfect fad with him. Whenever he had a pupil that had a good voice and a taste for speaking, he drilled him unceasingly. Both John Bright’s par ents and mine were strict Quakers, and it may seem strange we entered on such careers. I attribute them to the old schoolmaster. A River Flowing From the Sea. On the African shore, near the gulf of Aden and connecting the lake of Assal with the main ocean, may be found one' of the most wonderful rivers in the world. This natural curiosity in the shape of a river does not flow to but from the ocean toward the inland. The surface of Lake Assal is nearly 700 feet below the sea level, and it is fed altogether by this paradoxical river, the latter-being' about twenty-two miles in length. It is said to be a wonderful fact that this river of immense volume, especially at high tide, furnishes exactly enough water to counter-balance the»extraor dlnary evaporation of the lake, and that in consequence the lake’s surface remains at a uniform level year after year. _ _ It Would Stick to the Last. “When I had my shoes fixed the other .day,” said a man, “I had to have one of them patched. You know they don’t sew patches On nowadays; they paste ’em ou in some way. and they stay. I knew this well enough, but when I went for my shoes and looked at the patch I was thoughtless enough to ask if it would stay on. The shoe fttaker didn’t answer me in words, but in a look of about one second’s dura tion he conveyed to me the intelli gence that the uppers of the shoes might part from the soles, the soles might drop away and the heels be left by the wayside, but that patch would never eome off." America*! Army or Railroad Men. The latest statistics show that there are 821,400 men engaged in the opera tion of railroads in the United States. This implies a force three-fourths as large as the army of France, almost as large as that of Oermany, six times as large as that of Great Britain, and more than thirty times as large as that of our own country. It is unde niably the most intelligent and effect ive labor element in the world, and it is also, as it deserves to be, the best paid, its average annual wages being twice as great as those of Mm asms class of workmen, or in fact any other class of workmen, anywhere else un der the sun. '* It Did Sound Awkward. Oh, that dreadfnl compositor! Two honored clergymen went on a little pleasure trip the other, day, and an Eastern Maine paper who knew one of them reported the fact. Not knowing that his companion was a clergyman he gave that gentleman only the plain every-day title of “Mr.” Here was where the typesetter got in his work. He called the word “Mrs.,” and this week the paper has to come out with w» apology and an explanation, -v. t Popular Evcrwhere, Beginning with a small local sale in a retail drug store, the business of Hood’s sarsaparilla has steadily increased until there is scarcely a village or hamlet in the United Status where it is unknown. Today Hood’s sarsaparilla stands at the head in the medicine world, admired in prosperty and envied in merit by thousands of would-be [competitors. It has a larger sale than any other medicine before the American public, and prob ably greater than fall other sarsapnrillas and blood purifiers combined. Such success proves merit. If your are sick, is it not the medicine for you to try? Hood’s sarsaparilla cures. Awarded Highest Honors at World Fair. •DR; MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fres tom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant 4P YEARS THE STANDARD. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SHERIFF’S SALE. Tty virtue of an order of sale directed to me from the clerk of the district court of Holt county, Nebraska, on a decree obtained be fore the district court, of Holt county, Ne braska, on the 13th day of March, 1803, In favor of J. L. Moore, trustee, as plaintiff and against Martin F. Wlmer and Ella Wlmer us defendants for the sum of eighteen hundred seventy-one dollars and thlrty-Hve cents and costs taxed at *27.48 and accruing costs 1 have levied upon the following premises, taken as the property of said de fendants, to satisfy said order of sale, to-wlt: The north half of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section seventeen 1171, township tliirty-one i311, north of range ten 110], west qf the (ith ’. M. In Holt county, NeDrasku. And will offer the same for sale to the highest bidder for cash, In hand, on the nth day of February, A. D„ 18IM, In front of the court-house In O’Neill, that being the build ing wherein the last term of district court was held, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. when and where duo attendance will bo given by the undersigned. Hated at O'Neill, Neb., this 80th day of De cember, 1803. H.C. McEVONY, 20-6 Sheriff of Said County. SHERIFF'S SALE. By vlftuo of an order of sale directed to me from the clerk of the district court of Holt couuty, Nebraska, on a decree obtained be fore the district court of Holt county. Nebraska, on the 7th day of December, 1892, In favor of the Phoenix Insurance Company as plaintiff and against Too Torgersen. Annie Oleson Torgersen. George W. E. Dorsey, and Mrs. G ,W. E. Dorsey as defend ants, for the sum of eight hundred thirty seven dollars and twenty cents and ~ taxes paid by plaintiff to protect his Hen and costs taxed at *81.43 and accruing costs 1 have levied upon the following premises taken us the property of said defendant to satisfy snld order of sale,to-wit: The southwest quarter of seotton No. ten GO) township No. twenty-seven (27) range No. fourteen (14) west ol' the sixth I*. M. in Holt county, Nebraska. And will offer the same for sale to the highest bidder for cash In hand on the 22d day of January. A. D. 1804, In front of the court-house In O'Neill, Neb., that being the building wherein the last term of district court was held at the hour of » o'clock A. m. of said day when and where due attendance will be given by the undersignod. Dated at O'Neill, Neb., this 20th day of December, A. D. 1803. H. C. McEVONY, 24-5 Sheriff of said county. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an order of sale directed to me from the clerk of the district court of Holt county, Nebraska, on a decree ob tained before the district court of Holt county, Nebraska, on the 7th day of Decem ber, 1802, In favor of Phoenix Insurance Company as plaintiff and against Charles C, Pearl, Nellie R. Pearl, H. H. Dorsey, George W. E. Dorsey and Mrs. George W. E. Dorsey as defendants for the sum of seven hundred thirty dollars and costs taxed at *80.18 and accruing oosts I have levied upon the fol lowing premises, taken as the property of said defendants, to satlsfjr.sald order of sale, to-wit: .The south half of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section No. five (5), township No. twenty eight (28), north of range No. thirteen (131, west of the 0th p. m„ In Holt county, Ne braska. And will offer the same for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand on the 22d day of January, A. D., *804. In front of Hie oourt-liouse In O'Neill, that being the build ing wherein the last term of district cour was hold, at the hour of 9 o’clock A. m. of said day, when und where due attendance will be given be the undersigned. Dated at O'Neill, Nob., this 20th day of December, 1803. H.C. McEVONY, . 24-5 Sheriff of said oounty. LEGAL NOTICE. Ellen Crogan defendant, will take notice: That J,X. Moore, trustee, plaintiff, lilod a petition In the district court of Holt county, Nebraska, against said defendant, impleaded with John Grady, Daniel Grudv. heirs at law of Patrick Grady, deceased, and O. O. Snyder, administrator of the estate of PatrickGrady, deceased, the object and prayer of which are lo foreclose a mortgage dated August 8, 1887, for *2,000.00 and Interest thereon, on the east half of the southwest quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of section seven; and the north half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter und the noitheast quarter of the southeast quarter of section eighteen, and the wost half of the northwest quarter und tho northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section seventeen, all In township twenty-seven, north of range nine, west of the fitu 1'. M.. Holt county, Nebraska,executed by Patrick Grady and Hose Ann Grady now deceased, to the Dakota Mortgage Loan Cor poration and assigned to plaintiff. Which mortgage was recorded In book 29, at page 481 of the mortgage records of said county. Plaintiff prays that the same.be decreed to be a first lien on said land and that said land bo sold to satisfy the amount due thereon. You are required to answer said petition on or before tho 19th day of February, 1894. Dated February 8, 1804. 27-4 .1. L. Mookk, trustee, Plaintiff. By 8. D. Thornton, his attorney. NOTICE TO NON-BE8IDEN8. Ballou State Banking Company non-resi dent defendant*. Notioe is hereby given that on the 8th day of January, 1894. H. A. Ballou & Company, the plaintiff in this action, filed a petition in the office of the eierk of t he dietric court of Holt county. Ne cruskn, the object and prayer of which is to I foreclose a certain mortgage executed by ! John IlcLoss Wilson and wilo upon the south east quarter section twenty-seven, township twenty-eight, north range eleven, west (1th 1‘. M., in Holt county, Nebraska, which mort gage was executed and delivered to H. 8. Ballou & Company and filed for record on the tth day of ,1 uiy, 188f January, A. D. 1894, in front of the court louse in O’Neill, that being the building wherein the hist term of district court was icld, at the hour of 10 o’clock a. m. of said lay, when and where due attendance will be fiven by the undersigned. Dated at O’Neill, Nebraska, this 28th day >f December, 1893. 11. C. MuEVONY, 25-5 Sheriff of said county. rHE FRONTIER T FOR LEGAL BLANKS SHERIFF’S SALE. By virtue of an order of sale Issued by tin derk of the district court of Holt county Nebraska, on a decree of foreclosure rend ■red in an action ponding in tbodistrlci lourt of Holt county, Nebraska, wherein tin IlcKlnley-Lanning Loan and Trust Com >anv was plaintiff and Cargill Graham, Mari iraham,J, B. McKinley, trustee, W. B rtcKlnley, William H. Carnahan, Sol Wells Liansom Scott and McClure Hagerty ant Jardiner were defendants, I will sell ai public auction to tho highest bidder for casl it the lront door ot the court-house ii / Neill, in said county, on the 29th day 01 lanuarv, 1894, at 10 o’clock a. in., to satisfy -ho judgment, decree and costs in sale iction, the following described lauds anc euemonts, to-wit: The north halt of the southeast quartei md the southeast quarter of the southeast juarter of section one, and the northeast luarter of the northeaBt quarter and the lorth half of the southwest quarter ol section twelve, township twenty-six. rangi -hirteen west, and the west half of the wosl lalf of section seven, township twenty-six, 'ange twelve west, and the northeast quartei )f the northwest quarter of section thirteen md the north half of the northeast quartei md the north half of the northwest quurtei )f section fourteen, and the south half of the southwest quarter of section twelve, and the 5ast half of the southeast quarter, and the lorthwest Quarter of the southeast quartei )f section eleven, township twenty-six, range /hirteen West, in Holt countv. Nebraska. Dated this 28th day of December, 1893. *6-5 H. 0. McEVONtf. Sheriff. SHERKIFF3 SALE. By virtue of an order of sale, directed to ne^froin the clerk of the district court of rlolt county, Nebraska, on a decree obtained >efore the district court of Holt county, No ) rusk a, on the 7th day of December. 1892. in n lavor of the Phoenix Insurance Company is plain tiff and against Charles S. Wiles.Scott it A0?®8* George W. E. Dorsey, Mrs. George y. E. Dorsey and citizens bank of Atkinson. Nebraska, as defendants, for the sum of eight lundred thirty-seven dollars, and twenty ;ents and costs taxed ut $92.13 and icc ruing costs I have levied upon .he following premises taken as the property >f said defendant, to satisfy sHld order of iale, to-wit: TLe youth half of southwest quarter, and ,ho south half of southeast quarter section township number tweuty ilght (28) north of range number tblrtceu (13) vest of the tit lip. m.ln Holtcounty,Nebraska. ,iA?.t'!iL°rl!r the same for sale to the lighest bidder for cash. In hand, on tbe 22d lay of January, A. I). 1SW, lu front of the sourt house in O Neill, that being the build .V16 ?Hst term of district court vas held, at the hour of 10 o’clock a. hi. of .‘.111 V ,en and where due attendance vlll be given by the undersigned. Dated at O Nelli,Nebraska, this ‘28th day of December, 1803. II. O. McKVOSY, *^”a Sheriff of said couuty. notice John P. Lewi* p n £?}"£, Pointer ha" m«iUre" * alatrlet court of Holt tt P«ti against said defpnriu * . c°untv ^®ck, the object ant^nr-iJr^^^wh De^feai8S9°»^ est, on the1?/; ^ »ma uiobe Investm,.?,; ?,"6'1to Bln mortgage was recorded mS?H1Eanf of mortgage records Sfgai5 i You on or be Dated »*B«ru ism. - 25-4 B. D Thohktok Attorney for «saas,»v»s" braska. on the 7th day at n„ c,c favor of the Phnenlv Deceinb sw.Sra-fflS? ttrentv centa and cosit^taxod'1' accruing costs I have levied S ing premises, taken &HthVJ£on pendants, 'to ^is^aK JdMe^h^oft^sS" sa#a-eSST® to hl^st^^dd^^^caT.U^ coWo^^o^ii’S-bi wherein the last term of fee held, at the hour of I) o'clockT day When and where due attend S‘ven by the undersigned. “ “ Decembe?tli&NelU’ Neb. this* uecember, 1893. - H. 0. McE VH~5 _ Sheriff of 6al p&vid Adams, Alkennh Mnkinn, wife Mrs. Alkenah McKinney Min Breeder and wife Mrs. Millard PR Millard F. Breeden and wife F. Breeden, defendants: Mr8’8 You will take notice that on thellth i January, 1894, Henry O'Halloran . hereln,aW his petition in the district of Holt county. Nebraska, against» »S»tast fiiSf and wife, Alice E. Lyons, whn um »,,Q fendants with you; the object and p™ ing to foreclose a certain morteael ex by the defendants Michael Lyons at Alice E. Lyons, to the plaintiff upon tl lowing described real estate, situffil county, Nebraska, to-wit: The south half of section twenty northeast quarter of section thirty Mh8tU>wry'ei*ht-rango twe>" Which mortgage was given to seen payment of *three promissory notes, September 28, 1892, for the :sura of M due and payable in one, two and three from date thereof; that there it duo upon said notes and mo by reason of the defendants’ failure i the first note when due and to pay tl terest due on the other two notes whei the sum of $2000, for which sum. with est from this date, plaintiff prays for cree that the defendants be required the same or that said premises may b to satisfy the amount found due. Pi further asks that the interest of each < defendants may be required to he sub, the lien of plaintiff’s said mortgage. You are required to answer said petit or before the 25th day of February. 1894 Dated at O’Neill, Nebraska, this Pith January, 1894. R. U. IHCKSC # Attorney for Plaii LEGAL NOTICE. Isaac E. Angle and Mrs. Angle. * Isaac E. Angle, defendants, will take that Susan H. Bertram, plaintiff, has I Setition in the district court of Holt a ebruska, against said defendant! pleaded with James Blackrnore, L Blackmoro, James H. Fu uller and Slocum, defendants, the object and pra which are to foreclose a mortgage M arch 12.1888, for $500 00 and interest (l north half of the southeast quarte northeast quarter of the southwest raska, ontho 15th day of March, [j ’avor of Annie Patten as plaintiff igainst Benjamin A. DeYarman, Lyi DoYarman. John H. DeYarman. Mai Yarman, James A. DeYarman and- M [ iirnmu, tunica ucximh‘»>; — JeYarmart as defendants for the sum, .its anduinty-si. D A uiiuau an ucicuviuuif imdrednintyeight dollai.— id costs taxed at 420.18 and • , >sts I have levied upon the following os taken as the property ot said (lent * satisfy said order of sale, to-wIt: i Lots six 181, seven [Tl and eight LM. renty-three [2i)l. in the city of 0 Nth lunty, Nebraska. . And will offer the same for sal. ghest bidder for cash in hand1 on t lyof January, A. I). lWM, in front lurt-house In O’Neill, that beim. the g wherein the iast tern; <>rdistrt ns held at the hour of 10 o clock a m y when and where due attendance the undersigned Vfo’NeilT. Nebraska, this -j] • D. 18tKi. H. Mch, ° ’ Deeemher. A 24 >5 Sheriff of said cm 1 SHEltlFF’S SALE By virtue of an order of sale dircch'J om the clerk of tho district court > lunty, Nebraska, on a c sfore the district court ol B obraska, on the Ttl. day of D’11 favor of the Phoenix Insiirantc to" i plaintiff and against Ole Turk t ens Torgersen, Scott T-Jones. a>s —irgerecn, bluh nnisev jrsey. Mrs. George TV. h. Do>- • - rtf Atkinson. iNCnr.is uboj , oiia. uvuirv tlzens Bank, of Atkinson. t ,M fendants, for tho sum oftt-• irty-seven dollars and twenty > )t - taxes paid by ..P.il-'s nd nr ilm, and costs taxed at . .<* «'lU f ; sts I have levied upon the 'v emlses taken as the propoj'y | ndants to satisfy said orde of » “ rhe northeast quarter of sectu ) township twwnty-6eveu <- 1 | age fourteen (14) west oftlit'imi jit oounty, Nebraska. .„tin knd will offer tho same for sale U t bidder forcasli. in band, on wn January. A. D. 1894. in *’rt?In*1 ,h(. tu use in O'Neill, that be.ng t terein the last term of district id, at tho hour ofwo.cl ckA-TM y when and where due attend* NOTICE. j David Lower. Herman Moyer wife of Herman Mover Ju m,,son.i Peter Thompson, mid Mrs. lhmil rJ,|i0, Peter Thompson, „ i\i and Mrs. Jacob Tlmmp V| range fourteen. In Holt range iourweii, in u «>«torii Hlven by Davie Lower to the , iedt< and Security Company, and as. Igk(l , ‘.ilf, which mortgage was rt ri](>rtir., iorty-one, page twelve of tin (ilP „„ jrds or said county, and to lm ls sreed to he a first lien, and said u> uttlsfy the same. „.. sHiil p You are required to anjwcj „ in or before tile Mith davof .1 Dated December ^ytb,.ral. ,i,, >4-4 By Muhobb * COUBTUIGI •