IJKN’L OFFICIAL DIRECTORY STATS. I Governor.Silas Holcomb L. outennnt Governor.J. E .Harris Secretary of State.\Vm. F. Porter State Treasurer.John H Mosorve State Auditor.John F. Corned Attorney General.J. Smythe Com. hands and Buildings.J. V. W olfe Sunt. Publio Instruction.VV. K. Jackson REGENTS STATE UN1VE11SITY. Thus Rawlins, Wakefeild; Chas Weston, Hay Springs; H. L. Goold, Ogalu; Ohas H. Morritl, Lincoln; £ Van Ferrlll, Kearney; Geo F. Kenower, Wisner UepYeseutatives First District, J. B. Strode Second, H. D. Mercer, Third. S. Maxwell, Fonrth. W, L. Stark, Fifth, It. O. Sutherland, Sixth, W. L. Green. . M. Class No. 1 0:30 A. M. Class No. 2 (Ep worth League) 7:00 P.M. Class No. 8 (Child rens) 3:00 p. M. Mind-week services—General prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. All will Ee made welcome, GEOBoTpastor. G1 A. It. POST, NO. SO. The Gen. John F. O’Neill Post, No. 36, Department of Ne braska G. A. H., will meet the first and third Saturday evening of each month in Masonic ball O’Neill 8. J- Smith, Com. I7LKHORN VALLKY LODGE, I. O. O. MJ F. Meets every Wednesday evening In 11_Unit TTlatSlnn hwitVlOM nn*dlullV U f , jnnous tJVCO TV cuucduoj Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brothers oordlally Invited to attend. _ _ W. H. Mason. N. G. 0. L. Bbioht, Sec. GARFIELD CHAPTER, R. A. M Meets on first and third Thursday of eaoh month In Masonic hall. „ „ W. J. Dobbs Seo J. O. Habnish. H, F ROP P.—HELMET LODGE. U. D. , Convention every Monday at 8 o' clock p. m. In Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brethern oordlally invited. _ _ Arthur Ooykkndall. C. C. E. J. Mack. K. of H. and S. O’NEILL ENCAMPMENT NO. 80.1. O. O. F. meets every second and fourth Fridays of each month In Odd Fellows’ Hall. Obas. Bbioht, H. P. H. M. Tttlky, Scribe 17DEN LODGE NO. 41, DAUGHTERS Ej OF REBEKAH, meets every 1st and 3d Friday of eaoh month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Aones T. Bentley. N. G. Doba Davidson, Sec. Garfield lodge, no.os.f.&a.m. Regular communications Thursday nights on or before the full of the moon. J. J.Kinq, W.M. Habby Dowling, Sec. HOLTKIAMPNO. 1710.M.W.OFA. Meets on tbe first and third Tuesday In eaoh month In the Masonic hall. Neil Brennan, V. C. D. H. Cronin, Clerk AO, IT. W. NO. 153. Meets seonnd • and fourth Tudsday of each month In Masonlo hall. O. Bright, Kec. 8. B. Howard, M, W. A Clever Trick, It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can trv it who has lame back and weak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulent to the liver and kid neys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness and melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores tbe system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be con vinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents a bottle at P. C. Corrigan’s drug store. 1 FOR SALE—Thirty head of white face Hereford young bulls. 17tf Jacob Kraft, Stuart, Neb. 1 THE OLD FRIENDS. The old friends, tbe old Jrlends Wo loved when wo v, ro young, With sunshine on their f ices And mu"ie on their toasua! The eooi Rre in the vlmond flower, Too birds renew their str \ n: But iho old friends, on|j lost to us, Can never come again. j The old friends, the old friends! ! Their brow is lined with care: I They’ve furrows in the i :clcd cheek 1 And silver in the hair: But to me they are the old friends still i In youth and bloom tho same i As when we drove the flying ball i Or shouted in the pauu. —London Spectator. THE STOLEN JEWELS. “Why,” cried Eleanor Goode, "it’s A perfect palace! I really had no idea of grandeur like this.’' ••Isn’t it?” echoed Miriam Kasson. “I wish, dear, I could ask you to stay and spend the day, but I dare not; I’m too much of a stranger here to take any liberties. ” “Oh, I shouldn’t expeot it!” said Eleanor, looking around at the dec orated ceilings, pale blue silk draperies and lovely bits of land scape on the walla “I know exactly how you’re situated, Milly. But can’t you come shopping with me? Bob has given me a five-dollar bill to buy a new gown with, and thero are some of the sweetest old-blue ging hams at Tuck & Nipp’s. ” Miss Kasson shook her head. “Impossible!” said she. “You see the family have gone to Barrington to a funeral, and I am left in charge. And you don’t know,” she added, with a comical little pursing up of the lips, “how afraid I am of Mrs. Yerkes, the housekeeper, or how my heart beats when I feel myself com pelled to give an order to the butler. ” “I wish I were you!” cried Eleanor. “It would be such fan. ” “One hardly knows,” sighed Miriam, whether one is a lady or a servant!” ‘‘Oh, there can’t be much doubt ot that!” said Eleanor. “Look at your self in the mirror, dear. Wouldn’t you say you beheld a princess in dis guise?” “Nonsense! But at least let me get you a glass of cool water, Nell; you look so flushed with your long walk. ” She slipped away, while Eleanor beguiled the time of her absence by a lengthened survey of herself in the mirror. Yes, it was no unsatisfactory view —a dimpled, rosy young Venus, with sparkling hazel eyes, red lips and a couplexion of purest pink and white. And then—Good gracious! one of the ribbon loops of her airy summer dress had come loose. She looked frantically around for a pin to repair damages, but no pin was to be seen. “They’re in the bureau drawer,” said she to herself. “Milly always was too distressingly neat for any thing. Oh, here they are!” grasping at a paper of pina “And here too— oh, the delicious little glutton!— I here’s a box of chocolate caramels, I tied with pink ribbon. I’ll teach her to hide her sweeties away from me! How she will stare when she finds them gone!” It was the act of a moment to whisk the bon-bon box into her little shop ping-bag and appear deeply absorbed in repairing the damages to her wardrobe, when Miss Kasson came in, bringing a glass of water and some fancy crackers on a small Japanese tray. wio tnno dud icauuou iuo lllUl’ ous emporium of Messrs. Tuck & Nipp, the “bargains” in old blue ginghams were gone, and nothing remained “lit to be seen”' at any price to which she could venture to aspire, and so she betook herself sor rowfully to the pretty flat which she called home. And none too' soon, for a telegram awaited her there, announcing that I her mother, in Orange county, was very ill, and it was necessary for her to go thither at once. At the end of two weeks she brought her mother home nearly re covered. Little Sarah, the youngest sister, received her joyfully. “It's been so lonesome without you, Nell,” said she. “I’ve kept house beautifully, only Biddy has scorched the oatmeal every morning, aud the coffee hasn’t tasted just right, and Bob has been so busy he couldn’t find time to go walking with me.” • “Busy'.” satirically echoed Eleanor. “Oh, but he really was! He’s got a real case, Bob has, and it’s awful interesting, too. The judge assigned it to him because the defendant—I think that’s the proper law phrase,” with a pretty little wrinkling of the eyebrows—“hadn’t any means to provide one for herself. And she’s ever so pretty, Bdb says, and he’s quite sure she isn’t guilty; and won’t it be strange,” nestling her curly head against her mother's shoulder, “if Bob should fall in love with his first client?” Eleanor looked distressed. "Mother,” said she, “didn’t I tell you what would come of your allowing Sarah to read so many novels? In love, indeed! Most likely the woman is an adventuress.” “All the same,” persisted Sarah, “Bob says it’s a very interesting case, and it’s in all the papers headed, ‘The Great Diamond Bobbery.’” “Well, I declare!” said Mrs. Goode, who shared the romantic proclivities of her young daughter. “A diamond robbery and a beautiful girl! Of course she didn’t do it.” “Oh,” cried Eleanor, impatiently, stamping her foot, “how impractic able you all are! Why shouldn't she be guilty? Can’t a pretty girl bo wicked as well as a plain one? As if looks mattered! But all the same I'm glad Bob has had a good opening in the courts. And now, mamma, you must have a cup of tea. and lie down awhile before dinnor. I’ll go out for a little; I want to see a dear friend of mine who must think I'm neglecting' her shockingly.” And in the soft July sunset she wont to tho big house on Fifty-seventh street, and timidly pressing the elec tric button, inquired for Miss Kasson. The tall butler froze her with a glance. •Ain't been 'ore for a long time,” said he, and shut tho door unceri moniously in her face. And she returned home in great amazement. !n hor absence Mr. Robert Goode had been “turning’ the place upside down.” as little Sarah expressed it. in search of a bag to carry his pa pers in. “The lock of mine is out of order,” i aid he, “and 1 can't get it back un til '■. ednosday. Any one of your bugs will do. Nonsense! Do you think I want a Saratoga trunkP” as Sarah produced her mother’s travel ing ca e. • -Or a doll-baby’s satchel P” as she reached down her own front tho top sholf. "Is this all you have got?” “There’s Nell’s shopping-bag,” said the little girl. "It’s littler than motbor’s and bigger than mine. ” "Get it, then—quick! there’s a dear little dot! Oh, don't stop to dust it!” “But I must,” pleaded the house wifely little thing. "It was on top of the wardrobe where Nell put it be fore she went to Orange county to bring mother home. And it’s—awful ly dusty! And I think there’s some thing in it, too.” "Pshaw!” said he impatiently. "A box of candy. ” He tore the pink ribbon knot apart, the lid dropped off, and little Sarah, standing on tiptoe to look into the bag, stepped back with a shriek. Something from the inside seemed to flash up into their eyes like impris oned fire. ax ine same xime uieanor came into the room, flinging her hat and scar/ wearily down. “So,’’ cried Robert looking up with a face which would have furnished a study to any physiognomist, “you are the one who stole the Grafton diamonds!” • *1 i* The Grafton diamonds P What do you mean. Bob? Have you gone crazy?” gasped Eleanor. “What are you doing in my room?” “We found the diamonds here in a box in your leather bag,” said her brother. “The diamond necklace for the theft of which poor Miss Eas ton is on trial!” “Miss—Kasson. You never meant that it is Miriam Kasson—my friend Mir am?” “Didn’t I tell you so this very day?'1 cried Goode. “You never mentioned her name at all. You kept saying my ‘client’— •the defendant.' But, oh, Bob, I know it all now! I was there—at the bi? house on Fifty-seventh street, the day before I went to Orange county for mother. 1 was in Miriam’s room, and I opened her bureau drawer to find a pin, and I thought it would be a joke to take her box of candy away. I never opened it I never dreamed what was in it, and when I got home and found the tele gram from Aunt Laura, I first flung the bag down and thought no more of the whole thing. Oh, poor, poor darling Milly! But how came the diamonds in her possession?” “uon i you unowr cut now snoula you ?” said Mr. Goode. “The necklace was put in her special charge to be delivered to the jeweler who was to call for it at 3 o'clock. And when he came it was gone. But it’s all right now. Great Scott! Nell, who would suppose that you were the thief!” Eleanor made an hysteric grasp at her brother’s arm. “Will they arrest me, Bob?” stam mered she. “Will they put me in prison? But I don't care, so long as Milly is no longer unjustly suspected. Yes, I am a thief! But—but I didn’t know it And I never meant it!” And she burst into a Btorm of min gled toars and laughter. Tfiore was a rather unusual scene in court that day when the necklace itself was presented in evidence be fore the legal luminaries. The complaint was withdrawn and the prisoner honorably discharged. Tho composed and aristocratic Mrs. General Grafton was greatly moved and made many apologies to M:ss Kasson for the position she had taken. The newspaper reporters got a great many “points” for the evening editions, and Mr. Goode, the “rising young lawyer,” left the court, with Miss Kasson leaning on his arm,amid a tempest of applause. “Lucky dog, that!" said his com peers. “After this his fortuno is made!” “And all because of my foolish lit tle practical joke,” said Eleanor. “After this I shall never want n> at a chocolate again. Bu‘, *:i : darling, why didn’t you send to uio in your trouble?” "Could I bear to have my derrest friend know that I was su-pcci. \ f theft?” sighed Miriam. “And > h ;l I knew the name of the < sel assigned to me by tho my lips were more tightly m*. •. than ever. Oh, Nell, ho lias*bn good—so noble! Ho has never T... > me for a moment, oven when u -i ances were most against mo. .; will not go back to Mrs. Gru \ ' , although she has begged me u, ... so. ” “You will come .home with i said Eleanor, caressingly. ••, v. you must—you shall!” “I will stay with you,” she .- a,* 1. “until I got another situation- ”, . But she never took another - tion. Anyone could have the outcome of it all. Kvvu : Sarah guessed it, when she sal . "I do believe that our : «■>» * fallen in love with Miss lia-so..." N. Y. Journal WHAT IS A MILLION? Some Suggestion* a* to How ■ Concep tion Mar Be Formed. . It you want to get swamped with figures, supposing at least you have the conception of what is a million of dol lars. the total stock of money in the world is $3,656,935,000 in gold And $3, 944.700.000 in silver, making a grand total of $7,601,635,000. Say that the population of the United States is 65, 000,000, then about this amount of money, $10.47 in gold, $8.55 in silver, $6.51 in paper notes, or $25.62, suffices for each one’s use. If there was not as much money as that per head—little boys and little girls and little babies Included—the fathers, who hold the purse-strings, would complain that money was tight or hard to get, and ex change of goods for coin would be diffi cult. When you come to figures In their application to time most of us get quite lost We call this year 1896— that is 1896 years since the birth of Christ. In the history of the world that is only an Instant, and yet it seems so far distant as to be somewhat out of our comprehension. But what is the mental process which can span the period between to-day and the time when the pyramids were built—say 3.000 years before the birth of Christ. Perhaps one way of comprehending it is to divide every 100 years by three, because 33 1-8 years may about repre sent a generation. Suppose we take the conquest of England by William of Normandy, and his coronation at Westminster, in 1066. That was 830 years ago. In the eight centuries there would be about three generations for each 100 years, and that would make twenty-five genera tions and twenty-nine years over. Let us say the event took place twenty five generations ago—it is curious di viding time in that way—how much nearer William the Conqueror seems to be to us. There is only one trouble about this method; It is the sense of humiliation j it causes, because twenty-live or thirty generations ago our forefathers must have been rather savage people. At the same time we have the consolation of knowing that we have Improved since then. Why Christopher Colum bus found America only twelve gener ations back—and there are many people alive who have seen five generations, counting themselves. It does not do, | however, to go too far back, say to the forefather who was alive when the pyramid was reared. I do not under stand 1,964 generations ago.—Harper's Round Table. The Olympic Herald*. When the precise day for the begin ning of the festival was determined, peace-heralds were dispatched months in advance to all the cities of Greece. One went northward as far as the Propontis and the Black sea; a second eastward to the Islands, the coast of Asia Minor, to Egypt, and to Syria; and a third westward to the Greek colonies In Sicily, southern Italy, Gaul, and Spain. In order to accomplish this gi gantic task it was necessary for them to appoint delegates to notify the smaller or more distant towns. It was Important, however, that all Greek cities should receive an official an nouncement of the great festival. For the heralds themselves the journey was no unpleasant oi.e; representatives of the Olympian Zeus everywhere await ed their coming and were ready to en tertain them. In turn wealthy or in fluential persons from various quarters of the Greek world were designated as public guests. When they came to Olympia they received Important privi leges, were lodged and feasted at pub lic expense, and were given the seats of honor at the games. All classes, however, flocked to Olympia, some in vessels, from across the sea, some in chariots or on horseback, while others, like Socrates, made the long journey on foot Those who were not guests of honor spread their many-colored tents in the plain, while others slept under the open sky. The Bloomers Felted. Bloomers as an aid to smuggling were tried by two San Francisco girls in an experiment that failed. Tbe girls took passage to Honolulu on one of tbe mall steamers, and excited the sus picion of the Hawaiian customs offi cers by going ashore clad in volumin ous bloemers. They were followed to a house in Honolulu, where the discard ed bloomers and sixty tins of smug gled opium were found. The girls were arrested and convicted of smuggling, but on appeal to the Supreme Court the case against them was dismissed be cause their guilt was not proven clear ly. The gir’~ returned to San Fran cisco a few days ago in the steerage, wearing sklrtB. A Bar* Stamp. A postage stamp which is pronounced the rarest in the world has just been brought to light in Louisville. A col lector there asked permission to rum mage among the correspondence of an old lawyer with the result that he found one Baltimore postmaster’s stamp (10 cents), on original cover; five New York five cent stamps; 150 United States five cent stamps of 1847; 110 United States 10 cent stamps of 1847. The first of these is said to be worth $5,009, the value of the others in the aggregate is $200. Teela Idea. Telsa says it is unnecessary to con struct a geometrical figure to attract tho attention of the inhabitants of Mars. It is possible now to generate artificial thunder and lightning and great elec tric sparks with a gap of a mile. Valuable Halter. In a western Kansas town recently a man advertised a horse for sale: “Iloise with halter, $5; horse without halter, $0 cents.” ■AVcse tabic PrcparationforAs - similatlng theTood and Regula ting tlic Stomachs andBowels cf I MAN IS i H1LDHIN Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness and Rest. Con tains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Mot Narcotic. Smd AlxJmim* SJk jhiieS—d * ttomfMd M tion. Sour Stomach,D v_ Worms jConvulsionsJeverishr ness and Loss orSUEB facsimile Sigpatarc of C&&&Z55Z NEW "YORK. Alt* 111«»1111» % old J5 D' r>< 1 oucr conrorwEAsma. crnnu The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, Bears the Fao-simile Signature .—OF— OH THE WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTTLE. THE KIND TOO HATE ALWATS BOUGHT. :: ■ : ;v;-$ 1 ' ' . ■ 5S THE CROCODILE. A Eew of HU Peculiar Way* of Tran! acting Bnilnw There la little la the animal kingdom that can look bo dead and be so much alive as a crocodile, says the Pall Mall Gazette. The number of unsuspect ing persons who have mistaken him for a log, and have failed to discover their mistake until it was too late to be of any benefit to them, will never be known. In ancient times, several years prior to the British occupation of Egypt, some of the people of that country worshipped the crocodile as a god, there being nothing else like him. The fed him on dainties and togged him out with jewelry. In other parts of Egypt, however, the natives looked upon him as a devil. Having no fire arms, they did not fill him with lead, but they 4 managed to immolate him successfully with such weapons as were fashionable at the time. The crocodile is not so numerous In the Nile as he was in the days of the Rameses family. In fact, he rather shuns the river now below the second cataract on account of the annoyance Inseparable from tourist traffic. It seems impossible for a tourist to see a crocodile without trying to plug him with a revolver, and to a reptile who Is fond of a quiet life this sort of thing j is simply insufferable* He will not mo lest a man unless he can take him at a disadvantage, and so long as man does not unthinkingly step on him the j crocodile will go his own way and calmly await his opportunity. He feeds on fish, but for a course dinner he would rather have humanity, black preferred, which shows that there is no accounting for taste even among rep tiles. His methods for capturing large game are plural as well as singular. Sometimes he will lie on a river bank, partly covered with sand or mud, until an absent-minded native wanders within reach. Having grabbed his prey, he will waddle into the water, and there drown the straggler. He will then drag his victim ashore and bury him in sand or mud, and wait for days before he gorges himself. HISTORIC QUEBEC. Parts of It tuffeitlTt ot Scenes la the Old World. From Quebec a correspondent writes to the Paris Messenger: “Id an parle f ran cals” might be written on the por tals of this quaint and picturesque old city. Strolling in lower Quebec, you might easily tansy yourself in Amiens or Dieppe. In the upper town there is more English, but everywhere an amusing mixture. On the same card you will read "Matson a louer," ‘*1101186 to let:” on one side of the door “Pas d’admission sans affaires” and on the other “No admittance except on busi ness.” This bilingual necessity causes a little extra painting and printing. Each railway crossing must be marked likewise, “Traverse du chemin de fer” and every official "notice” must be printed also In full as an "Avis.” The blending is often curious, as when two adjoining shops have their announce ments one in French and the other in English. Along the Grande Alle, run ning right across the Plains of Abra ham, you might be in Brussels or Paris, only that Clifton terrace seems to recall you to Kensington. Ameri can travelers for whom Europe Is too distant are advised to go to Quebec, there to find a bit of the mediaeval old world transplated to the new, but still embalmed in its ancient religious sen timentalism, upon which the rush and roar of modern unrest produce as little effect as the Atlantic breakers on the I cliffs of Cape Breton. French con tinues uppermost, until 3504 pass Jfion-1 A QBIAT BVDDAY PAIUt HU. 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