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Gran? Opening ! ....OF THE.... Mngford Creamery Monday-? . June 371th Tho creamery will bo opened f on Aloticliiy, ,7uno 27lh with appropriate oxorcises. ' Tho fol lowing program lijts been pre pared. Parade at 10 a. m. The milkmaid's I r i 1 1 will bo rendered by seven y ou.uk Indies. A prize ono ton-gallon milk can Will be given to tho parson vhn 1.imrc in il. Inrirncfnuinnm " n " liBMllluill of milk an tbat day. Songs by till tho different nationalities. Tho .Ladies' .Progressive Club will entertain all visitors at tboir reception roojn. Music by tho Hemjngford Cor net Band. Singing, rpcitalions. ele. Tho committee on speakers an corresponding with gentlemen from abroad 'and a good speaker 'will bo"))i'Osoivt. Evorvonp cq'rap andjringyoui friends and help colobrato tht opening of a grand untorpriso. A Stohkhouse of Infohmation. This is an ago of Encyclopedias, and their value is not to ba ques tioned, "but the average person is far loo busy to spend timo'in poring over onoyclopoUias, and will con sult .. dictionary a hundred times loan encyclopedia once. Nor will much be lost either, if the diction ary Is WeUSTEK'3 INTERNATIONAL Dictionary, which contains u wealth ot information, making il really an encyclopedia, condensed, it is true, but all the moro valuable jfoi that very reason . In fact tho Inteunationai should be considered, a necessity in ovory family (though tho style 'jm which, it is presontod makes it a luxury as well), and a saving ol three contB a day for a year will provide moro than enough mone i 5o nuraliuBO it. Tho publishers", 'd.Sn I .. Amrrin.-n Co.. nf Snrin . , j. , ... j ,, iiold, Mass., cheerfully send free n. prospectus contajng specimen nages, in itsolf well worth a caro 5ul reading. OD PAPERS for sale at this office', 5c a dozen. If you wan,t to newspaper or subscribe for i any magazine call at tho post office and get rates. It will pfty you. Estray Notice. Taken up on May 12, 189S, at my place on Section 21, Tp 27, K. 51', one yearling mare colt, irowi color, with boh hind feet rliite, star in forehead, no brands. G. Kf.KMKK. Foil Sale. Ono rgd Polangus bull, four y oars old. He is a thoroug hbred and a fine animal; has. never run in a herd. Ho can be seen at Jamas Ilqlliijrnkc's placp,8 piiles north pf Hemiugfprd. .1. Y. 1?IE11CE. Wihjy waijts, till yotnr potatoes, butter, eggs 'and chickens. Wo have a novy Singer sewing niuchino th.Q bostpn thp market for sijlo cheap. Cal) aid .see it. Non-resident owners ol! tnpbor -ilaiuis can completo their tlnal i t i) roofs without epming tp tho county by corrosppnding with H'.J.O'Keofe. ' '" Estrayad On Sunday April 20th fj-om my place fi miles east o'f Ilcming ford, one two-year-old tilley, light bay color, small star in foreheau, weight alioiit 80Q lbs., barbwiro m,aikson upper part of front of both fore legs. Leave information ut Herald office. 1 J. T.'WOUNOM 33 I.IPK LIN rid Of Trltt FOOT. IT hat Ttiay FUra! to tlia tbaractar fituilnnt, Thcro ta mjin la Philadelphia .who ilalms that if(s much easier to road ne'p character nnd yast nnd future from tho mapp on the soles of ono'o toot than It js from the palmo of tho hand, snyB tho Philadelphia Press. Ho calls It "pedology" and If tho scof fer who passes his door and looks In At tho maps on his walls calls It "Trit bylsm," that does not matter. There re scoffers at orcrythlng, bo it tru ft false. Tho pedaloglst, while refusing to tell the homes of the owners of the fcejl to most cases, showed a number of d)a grams tho other day And explained how he read tho fortunes of tho solos. "Here." he said, "is a public char actcr and well-known actrons. Here is her story. Look at It. It's worth tudying, for sbo is one of tho mont .beautiful women on tho American itage and Is remarkable in other ways. Her foot Is so beautifully arched that II 1 1 Ta nf hrr nnln tmichrrl thn nnrmr 'when she placed her foot upon it. The Intellectual and artlBtlc lines aro cloar- tj uvmivu uu ui'l iuu. auu uuu uvou 'but hear her sneak for a. fow momenta to reallio thnt her artlsltc and mental eapabllltlefl are of a high order. Tho lines of Intuition and Imagination art lln.o Inhilllnti - -. .1 lm.ln.ll. remarkably long. The cross between tho Unp of love and the head line indi cates that in a love affair she would bo governed largely by reason. 8ha has etrong affections, according to the long heart line." A contrast to the actresses' tooi was ,tbat of a factory girl from KerMh'jrton. This was a foot common to people of little education. There waa scarcoly any Instep to' the foot. The lines of Imagination, mental capacities and In tuition were very short and tho ar tistic lino was tmtlroly lacking. The heart and lovo lines were well denned and fong. Tho lines also Indicated firmness and groat ambition, with a de cided fondness fop pleasure. So the 'pedalogist explained. 1 Still another foot wan that of a so ciety girl. Hero again was the high 'ytrch. It showed among other things mm mie uin not nnve to siana upon ner feet as did the poor factory girl. The lines told of her having less heart and less ambition tXnn tho factory girl, too. There wore selfishness and vani ty in tho' Impression. It seemed well pat siik Blockings and dainty shoes usually kept It from tho Bight of those who would read Its owner'B character Jn tho Bole that foot There was the foot of the preacher find the policeman and thp lawyer and each seemed to tell a story Jn keeping 'with Im owner's vacation and habits, Lst of a,ll came the print of the man about town. There was no arch there. It had come down "flat-footed." It looked as Jf if -era Heed In walking up and a fashionable street and standing about tho club. It hod good naturo and leir-satlBfactlon, some generosity and. some brains In t, but lltto ambltlpn, flavBrail wllh Tnbacro Jalee. "I am informed that n largo trade n the manufacture of EngllBh cigars li carried on, principally In tho east end 'of London. All the ends of clsars and cigarettes. Motels.' chewed 'nuidu.' ntr are bought at po much per Round frotn -f "bllc hl0U8e,s- mU8lc httlls. e'e besides savory morspjs are put. Into a large bath, wherp a kUid of tobacco broth Is mar'o. "In tho early autumn, whon th chcBtnut leaves are beginning to turn a golden color, parties are organized who go wherever they can get a good supply o these leaves, which are then put on lpng wires and Immersed in this filth for either a long or short time, according to the requirements of a strong or mild clgnr. These leaves are tthen rolled Into English cigars." The above correspondent's statement tallies with an incident which occurred lome years ng. when a certain person wob chnrged with Illegally manufactur ing cigars. His dofenso waa that the cigars he manufactured did not contain a particle of tobneco. His cigars were made of brown paper, embossed to looH llKe leaves, and steeped in tobacco Juice. London Standard. Klrktr.t lUtnrt to ln(unll. After one of Col. Robert O. Ingr foll's chnrncterlstle lectures In New York ho met Gen. Danlej Q. Sickles, who had been in the audience, and esked him: "What did you think of my lecture, general ?" "Do you see that cripple across the atrect?" asked Sickles. ' "Yen." What would you think of me If I should go over now nnd kick the crutches from under him?' "I'd feel llku kicking yqu," answorod Ingersoll. "I feel In almost the samo humor to ward you. You have kicked the crutches of my religion from under me," said the general, Kansas City Star, A tlrlglit J-unnrle Voint Tho most celebrated woman In Japan to-day la Mtnev Oyama. chief lady-ln-walting to the empress. She Instructs tho ladles of the court in European Ki quotte, of which, she knows more than many noted Europeans. She is very beautiful, brilliant intellectually and a skilled linguist. She was most care fully educated In this country and soon after her graduation from college aho became engagod to Oyama, the distin guished Japanese field marshal. On IUdmlDr Va-tar. "There's one good thing about your cyclones," said the visitor to tbo old settler in St, Louis. "I don't know what it can b," re plied the old settler. "Why." said th eenlal visitor, "they nevv strike btlow tba belt" Ner yoi'j Wcrali. ij'. - IN RED AND GOLD. Flow iwcel h lookl 1 did not iwa Thn glint of aon on chnnKlng tree. My ryp wnro Gxitl upon thn idow On her fnlr eUk. J did but know Tint huo wan standing nl.li to mo. Hut aha In nllcnt ocntasy Drank In the color nnd tho jlovr Of that fair acone, nor nooroeJ to know That (att ltd benuf y lint on me', ' gaied on her and could but hco How Hwnct ulio looked. "In rtd nnd gold," ahe hIrIimI "how fair The coloring of thonu nmplun thvi4" Hut (till my vy-'a did but behold Tho Ix-uuty that did her enfold. For, with that vlHion Mumllnir there. In dull red gown nnd golden rnilr, Hmnll euro had 1 what Wnutles rare, What other wenlth that wood mlnht hold In rid nnd Kold. Julio Faunhawu llrluckcrhoff la Now York Tittio. TIGER AND DULL. A Fierce Ilattle, In Which the Tiger Wm Iladly Urat-n. Tho Paris letter of tho London Post gives details of un extraordinary enter tuiumcut given ut tho Plaza do Madrid in tho presence of 1,1100 spectators. This was n combat between a rnynl Bengal tigor nnd nu Audnlusiuu fighting bull. Tho tiger, Cesar, was a full grown bruto belonging to Spessnrdi, tho train er, who bad never been nblo to do any thing with it and had, indeed, once nearly fallen n victim to its ferocity. HosolditforO.OOOfraiics to tho director of tho plazn. A cage-17 yards squnro by 4 in height had been erected in tho middlo of tho arena, and thouuimnls wero brought on in vans, tho bull being tho first to bo released into tho iuclosuro. Tho bruto immediately began to run round nnd round his pribou, bellowing nud throw ing tip sand nud gravel with his hoofs. Tho instant tho tiger cntcrod tho cage bo gave a roar nud bounded op tbu ball, avoiding tho horns, nud fixed on his flanks and belly with both teeth and claws. Tho bull remained still for a few seconds, nnd then sccuiud to be sink ing backward to tho ground. Tbo spec tators thought that all was over, but tho tiger lot go for a second to tako an other hold, nud in tho brief interval was kicked over by tho wild plunges of tbo bull Hofnrn thn Hnnr linil timn to I recover tho bull was on him, and, sink-1 ing his horns into tho striped hido, it 1 tosBod tho tiger into tho nir. This was ' roneatod four or fivo times, tho bull . varying his tactics occasionally by bang ing his adversary against tbo bars. When tbo bnll stopped, tho tigor lay limp ou tho ground, and tho crowd, thinking ho wns dead, cried, "Bravo, torol" Tbo bull stood stamping for a mo niiut in tho middlo of tho cngo, und thou, seeing tho tiger did not move, ap proached und sinolled. bin). But Cesni wus only shamming death nnd seized tbo bull's muzzlo in his powerful jawi so tho nuinial conld nut movo. Eventu ally, howover, ho was released, and nft- or stamping furiously on tho tigor again caught him on 11b horns. This time the tossing, stamping nud banging appar ently really ended in Cesar's death. Tbo ongo was then opened nud tho bull rushed out and back to his stablo. ' Foi precaution's sake tho tiger's van wni brought up, und, to tho general sur prise Cesar roso to his fcot, glauced round ns if ufraid the bull was still thcro, and then bouudod into the van. The tiger was found to havo llvo nbi broken, besides having a number oi wounds from tho bull's horns. It is said that all wild uulmals benrs, lions, panthors and tigers faro badly in com bat with the Spanish lighting bull. Alau nud tho elephant aro tho only sum victors over theso activo nud ferociouf beasts. f.lj Unouch. Here is a Sioux City (la.) Sunday school story: They were studying in tho catechism about tbo wonderful greatness nud pow er of God. "Can God, do everything?" . asked tbo teacher. It was generally ad-' mittod thnt bo could. Then tho tuuohei rather mischievously propounded a stic kler porbaps as n test of faith. "Could God make two and two equal llvo?" h askod. Tho query rather startled th littlo girls in tbo class, and their facet took on a worried, puzzled expression. They had uovcr thought of such a thing as that, and it looked us if tboir faith was wavering. The teacher waitod with , a rather amused smilu ou his face. Then up shot a littlo hand. " Well, " asked tho teacher, "what do you think nbonl it?" "Yes, sir, ho can," was tho prompt and certain response. Now it was the teacher's turn to look surprised. "Well, how cau God. mako two und two equal Jlvo?" "By adding ono, " was tho tri umphant unswer, nud tho mischievoui teacher couldn't dispute it.-r-Sioux City Jourual. . Uot It Unppenci), hero, young man,' "Look druggist. said the Tho clerk did uot havo to bo told that ho had made a mistake. Ho know il long boforo. Indeed ho had figured il put for himself uud. was able to tell just how it happened. "You huvo chnrged onjy 78 cents foi this prescription," asserted tho drug gist, "and tbo regular price is $1." "1 admit 'Ui" said tho clerk. "Tht fact is I wus rattled. You see, I made a hasty calculation ns to tho cost of the ingredients, nnd the result was 3 ceutt iustcad of 4 as it should havo beeu. That U how tt happened.. "--Chicagi. Fos: Welcome Word. "Yes, his sermons nro tiresotneb? long, but b,e alwuys says something tc tbu point." "Well, wlmt did ho say to tlio polnl Jast Sunday?" " 'In conclusion. ' " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tho nawp California, derived from tho two Spanish words caliento forualli L e., "hot furnace" was given by Cortes in tho year 1DU5 to tho peninsula now known as Lower California, oi which he was the discoverer, on ac count tf its hot climate, ?i'itffwaiw,jwiiiiiiiL.jiiiiwMwwwaw!W" Shopping- In London. Ono of the erroneous tinprosslcps that Americans havo beforo they try shop ping in London is that things aro ro nmrkably cheap tbero, nnd when they 'aro set right by nctuul oxperleiico with tbo fashionable dressinnkors nud haber dashers they got a secoud mistaken idea that English tradesmen nro extraordi narily uuqivil. This nil arises from tho different customs that govern rotail .business in the two countries. In Amer ica wo pay cosh for goods or sottlo our noconnts monthly. In Euglnud, .how over, accounts nro supposed to bo ren dered quarterly, nud .it has frequently happened that because homo patron? havoa social promiuouco that gives tboir ,trndo value as au advertisement tho shopkeeper has allowed tboir isocounts to run for tbreo nnd four years. Other patruus lmvo demanded tho eatuo privi leges and bnvo abused them, nud tho ror salt is that to compensate-for iutorcston money owing by solvent debtors nud for the sums lost through thoso who never pay tho tradesman churgoB a goodly profit on all his goods, and tho prices nro accordingly high. On tho other huud, American women shopping nbrouuj eccin to bo bargain mad, and tboir ef forts to beat down prices inspire tbo tradesman with much tho same fcoliug that a well trained butler experiences when his nouvoau richo muster econo mizes on his wiues. In fact, looking for bargains hi Bond street is folly.- San Francisco Argonaut. Lard Uyron. Hero s a now light on tho character of Lord Byron. Tho quotation is from o lotter by John Murrny : "Lord Byron is n curious man. Ha gavo me, as I (old you, tbo copyright of bis new poems, tp bo priufed only in his works. I did not rccejvo (ho last putil Tuesday night. I waB so delighted with it that oven ns 1 read I sent him u draft for 1,000 guineas. Tho (wo poems pre nltogethor no moro thuu 1,200 and j 1,UU0 Hues and will together sell tor Cs. (id. But ho returned thp draft, say ing that it was very liberal .much moro thau they wero worth: that I wns per- fCOtly Welcome tO both pOCmB tO print I" his (collected) works without cost or expectation, but that ho did not think Mom equal to what they ought to be, utl that " would not admit of tboir separnto publication. "I went yesterday, nud ho was rally? ing me upon niy folly iu mTcriug so much nud that ho dared to say I thought now I had a most lucky esuape. " 'To provo how much I think so, my lord,' said I, 'do mu tbu favor to no oopt this pocketbook,' in which I had bronght with mo tbo draft, changed in to two bank notes of 1,000 and 20, but he would not tako it." A Transformation, Soon after my arrival iu Lcipsio my Attention wai called quo day to au eld erly geutlemau on the street. "Do you see that old gentleman with the big soft felt bat, tho bluo glasses and tho big umbrella? ' "You mean tbo ono who is shambling along as if ho wero not just sure whero ho is going?" "Yes, but you should npt speak so disrespectfully of thp greatest of living pbyohologists." But tho mistake was pardonablo, for few would have supposed that ho was not Gomo plain villago burgher whq hud just come up to town nnd felt some, what lost in tho big city. Onoo it) Wundt's lecturo room, howover, ono receives n very different impression of him. As tbo great philosopher pours forth one of his lonrned discourses those plain features light up, his beanug be comes dignified nud impressive, and you no longer tbink of tho ungainly walk and the quaint uiaunersins. Roanoke Collegian. pn tho Wrong Trade. Slims recently recoived privnto jufor, motion that his son wus not confining himself strictly to the straight and nar row path. Tbero were pgly rumors that tho youug man played cards and bet on tbo horses. Slims determined, to double his parental vigilance. Tho ptber even ing he turned to the young map whq was deep in a newspaper and inquired sharply, "What aro you reading, son?" "A column under tbo head of 'What tbo Book Makers Aro Poing?' " "I'll tell yqq what they arp doing, sir," said tho old man severely. "They tiro living luxuriously this winter and I laying their plans to Ueeco such lambs as you next season. Tboy keep up the raco tracks and get rich by fooliug uoodle pates liLo you. I'vo heard all about you, sir, nnd your wild way8 Order that paper stopped. What uro you laughing nt, you youug rascal?" "At yppr surprising kuowlcdge of horso raco iutboda. I was reading tho literary reviews." Detroit Freo Press. AunlyaU of i Frenchman. A Frenchman sleeps in italics, snores in small capitals, tnlks in thunder, gest ticulates iti cyclone and nets iu tornado. Ho feels it all and means less than one. tenth of it. Not that tbu niuo-toutbs aro hypocrisy, but that they aro dra matic froth, discouuted iu final solution at tho bank of effervescouce. Brooklyn Eagle. ITU Fitvorlt Author, Noozel Ah, you're a literary man, oh? Who's your favorite author? Author WhahoU. "Witohell? WUchell? Don't th.tuk I know lm." 'Apparently not. My card, sir." Philadelphia Record. Garllo la Anolcut. Garlio came from Asia, und bB been used since tho earliest tiipes. It formed part of tho diet of the Israelites iu Egypt and was used by Greek aud Ho mut boldiors aud African peusants. Tba Ilootytuoon'a Orlcln. Tbo modern honeymoon trip origi? tinted in tbn ilnvshf Rtoroo II nnd sreecU (ly came iu.to ouerul ulo. Final"' Proof Notices. J. W. WUUN.JIt., Iteitlstcr. W. K AKKRS. Kocclvcr l'artlm liarlnc uotlccn In thin column aro rc- nurrtrl to rend Ijjo miii" carefully ami report to tlila ollfro for correction nny erforn tljat may ox In. TIiIh will prevent poNftlliin delay In uuiklifK'(iri)of. U.S Lund Olllcc. Alllanne. Nob., Jupo0. ItWJ. Xolloc Isjiercby idvcu tfjut John Knudtson, of HcmltiKford, Neii , tins llleij notice of Inten. , Hon x)iol(o final proof l;efirp T. J. tVKecfo. u. o. iuiiimiMoiicr ai iii'mini"ni. wn., un July 10, I89H, on timber cnltnro itpnllcatlon o. V2H for tlio hp, ( xi-o Si, tp SOn. r ivw. llo iiunuiHiiN witnesses: PelorO. Andorcon. nines Ilnlllnrnkc. JCarl lirstiom, Ottn Gib son, nil of iiciiiliiKforil. Neb. J W.Wolin.Jr., HeRlMer. T.nnd Oftlto ot Alllanive. Neb., June P. IPOS, untlco Is hereby Klvcn tliat tlm followlnu l iinjetl -cttlor lms llletl notice of tits Intention to lAiiue tlnal proof In support of his claim nnd thnt Riild proof will be mnile boforo HeKlitcr orltecclverat AUIancc.cb., on July 10, IbOH, vli: Vaclav Potniesil of Uunlnp, Neb., who mutjo H. 13. for tho w U so i . o '.t mw 'l we ai , tp Stin, r A 7 w Ho names the Mlaulm; witnesses to pro-e his continuous rcslilonco ution and ciilttvntton ofsiild land, vis:: Frank J. W. Feldler, Nor bert A Krenek, Ned A. Ilrerlmi. of Ileni'n!,' fonl. Noli., Joseph I.amplot, of Dunlap. Neb. Also Frank J. W. Feldler, of Hemlnnford. Noli., who made he No. -ilKO Tor tho no see 12. tp 28n, r 4Sw. llo nnrnes the followlntr witnesses to prove his continuous resilience upon anil cultivation of. said land, viz: Vaclav I'otmesll. Joseph I,mni lot, nf Dunlap, Neb., Norbcrt A. Krenek, Ned A. llrczlmi, nf HcmlnKford, Neb. Al.v Notice Is hereby tflvcn that Wolfjrang Froimuth, of llox llutto. Neh., has filed notice ot Inten tion to make tlnal proof at snmo time nnd place on timber culturo application No. HS'O for tho k o soo 28. tp 2Hn, r ah w. llo nnmcM ns witnesses: Knink J W Feld. lor. Ned A. llrcrlnn, Norbert A, Krenek, of HcmlnKford, Neb.. Vaclav Potmcsll of Dun lap, Neb. J. W. Wkiin. J it., UcRlstsr. U S. Land Ollice. Alliance, Npb , May i5, lb'Jd. Nutico is hereby that John H. Shirk. of Hominaf onl, No., lias filed notice, of inten tion to mako limil proof liefoio T J. O'Koofp, U.S CommisHloner, at liia ulUeo in Homing- Turd. Nell., mi thn4tnl ilnv nf .fulv un llttihnr ciiltiircnpplication No. 1074 fur the no U hco'JI ti -'H ii. r ruw IIonnincHnR wUiiphbpr: Jolm Uiolinolf-on, Hi'tiry Mieliai'lHon, C. 12 ItiwnuerKer, Kroil Alilej, nil of Hi'mlnnforil Nob. AIho Notlco Is lioroby kUoii (.lint Nf Ison B. Shonquist, of Omnlia. Noli., Iiiih ffloil ;mticu of intention to innKi- mini proof ni. Kfim uino unci pinco on tinihcrcultiiro nnplicutioii No. IIIU7 for too so'4 nro HI, tpSSn r Mw. He minion nc wUiipkrpp: John 1 Hntnrtl. of Ilrininufiiril, NYb., l,to IiriuiLlle, Edwin E. Ford, LoiiIh llomriclionvoti, ot Lawn, Npb. J. W. Weiin. JK.. HcKidtcr. Land Ofllcc lit Alllum-e, Neb.. May H. 1S9S. Notice Is licicby nHtn tliat tho tollowln k named settler lms tllud notlco of hW Intention to make llnnl proof In supiortof hlsrlaltn, ami thnt Mild proof will bo miule beforo T. J. O'Ki-i'fc, IJ. S. CommNsloner, ut Hvmlngfoid, Neb., on June 18, 1HV, viz: Doltie May Hieket, nn FclloiYK. vho made he no. SOU I, for tho ko H sec IL', tp u'fln, r 4 w. She names tho fnlloulni; witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz. At Hcribner. Dunlap, Neb. Aaron H. Kraut. ChnrlosW. Mlnnrd, Ida, Neb. Clark Ittcliut, Hiinincford. ". el). J. W, Wms. Register. U. 8. Lund OHicp, Allinnco, Noli.. Mny Si, WM. Notice Ih hereby ivpn thnt tho following imtned Hi'ttler Iiiih filed nutico of intention to mnko rinnl jroof In Himooit of bin claim, nnd J thnt unid proof will bo mnd boforo IteuiRtcr unci ueeelw'r at Alllnuce, .sol)., on Julyl', lb'Jf, Thomas O'Keeffe, of HeminKfiird, Nob., who mndn ltd entry No. 7lfl for the n o U bee 31. tpSO n. r IB w. II" iinmes thn following witunnseH to provo bin i-ontiuiioiiR reuiilenco upon nnd cultiiallou of Hnid Inni4. viz: John tttraxnk. Arthur H. (IroMi. Peter Holijum, Patrick II. Dillon, nil of Alliance, Neb. J. W. Welin. Jr., HeKintor. IN THE COUNTY COUUT OP IlOX I1UTTK COUNTY NEHUASKA. In tho Matter of tho Estate of Alan.son O Alexander, doccascd. Notlco of hcitrtni; on petition for the appoint ment of an administrator. At a session of unld court held nt the county court room In HcmlnKford. Tiebruyiiu, rrcsent. Jus. 11. H. lluwett. County JudBc. Upon reading thi I'otltton of Orant C. Alex ander, prnvlim tl at administration of the Estato of Alansou I), Alexander. Uucoased bo had and thut AVIlllani Fosltet bo appointed Administrator of said Estate, It Isordeied and decroed that Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of June. A, D. lsw, at I o'clock p. m., nt tho County Court Room In tho Court House In llemtniiford, NobrusWn, bo designated ns the time uud placo at which heailni; shall be had upon said petition whereat all parties Interested In said estate may appear and show why such administration should nut bu had nnd whv tho said William Kosket should nolle appointed Administrator thereof, anil It In further ordered that duo notice of said hcnrlnu shnll bo Khcn to said Interested parties by publication or by personal notice. IN witnkss wiieitKOr 1 have hereunto set mv hnnd and nftlxed the sal of said Court tht 4th dav of April A. O. IsW, ISKAL JAH. II. H. 1IEWKTT. county JudKe. CASTOR 1 A For Infants and Children. 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TO CORntCT A CALENDAR, 4 .Schema tigirentfiit to Correct yur Inarrurta Iinp Vo-tri. The prestnt year Is. as Is well kuown. a leap year, says London Echo, and ac cording to the Oregorian, correcting the Julian rule of the calendar, it will be the last leap year for eight year?, or until the year 1904. The Oregprdu rule, howjnver, though a great Improve ment on tho Julian and assimilating on the average the length of the calenlar year much more nearly to that of tbo true year, is not perfect. By It a' leap year is dropped at the end of three oen turles out of four, so that any year di visible by 100 without remainder Is not e. leap year unless it Is also divisible by 100; thus. 1000 will not be a leap year: 3000 will and 2100 will not. A more accurate rulo would be to drop 'it leap year at the end of each successive period of 128 years; and, In accordance with this, a French nstrnnomer, M. Auric, points out that it would be prcf ferable to retain 1000 as a leap year and drop ono In 1920, which Is a multiple (fifteen tiroes) nf 128. But tinkering tqo frequently with established calendar rules is much to bo deprecated; he sug gests, therefore, to abide by tho Qreg orlan rule until the year 3200 and drop a leap year In that year and every suc ceeding multiple of 3200 (C400. OftOO. etc.), which would be leap years according to Gregorian rule. Strictly speaking, every Interval of 123 ycara should contain 31 bissextile leap years, Instead of the 32 which It would by ta Jullun rule, making every fourth vear a leap year. Now, 25 times 128 amount? to 3.200, which number of years should therefore contain 25 fewer leap yeurs than they would by tho Julian rulo; J. ., 775 instead of 800. The Gregorian ruin puts 37 leap years In 400 years (three fewer than tho Julian), and therefore 77G In 3,200 years, which is one too many. Tho suggestion, then, appears to be a good one. but It obviously will not bo poslsblo for this generation tor many future generations) to decide up on Its adoption. For tho present ve will condole with thoee who thall ba born on the 29th of February ne:.t on their having no birthday for sigbt years, as thero will be no other POth'ot February until 1904. except la Russia, which Btlll adhores to tho Julian calen dar. FutHlltle from LlRhtnluc Damage by lightning Is unmistakably Increasing, according to tbo director pf the statistical office of Berlin. Various causes are assigned, such as tho em ployment of electricity lp various In dustries, tho continual cbnnge of form of the earth's surface by deforestation, drainage, etc., and the Impurities in troduced Into tho atmosphere by tba growing consumption of coal. Profes sor Von Bezold some tlmo ago showed that for Bavaria the fires due to light ning Increased from a yearly avetage of thirty-two in 1833 to 1S43 to ono hun dred and thirty-two In 18S0 to 1882; while the number of persons Btruck by lightning and thoBe killed ros from one hundred and thirty-four aud seventy-threes lospectlvely in 1S55 to one hundred and eighty-six and one hun dred and sixty-one In lbS5. An Inter esting fact noted Is that persons cu eraly struck percoive neither llghtuljg nor thunder, but receive the lmpreBdlou of being on eloped by Ore. PutUs Opinion. 3ac -ii r r f