Seven Hundred Years of Coal. According to the most authentic his tory of the coal trade , last year mark ed the seven hundredth anniversary of the use of coal as fuel. Taking the most moderate estimate of the antiq uity of man , and considering the fact that the coal was always here , it ap pears that we were a long time In availing ourselves of this most valua ble asset which nature placed at our disposal. Many civilizations flour ished and died out without its use , and It may be said that its potentialities , as a factor In the progress of man kind , were never realized fully until the present century. Up to its dawn , aside from the warming of the body and the cooking of food , little import ance was attached to the fuel question. For these purposes a few fagots or billets of wood sufficed. But in time we discovered that in the fire there was a giant a thousand times more powerful than the fabled monsters ol antiquity. s The debilitating- drains and a discharges vrhich weaken so li ! many women are caused by Ca tarrh of the distinctly feminine organs. The sufferer may call her trouble Leuchorrhoea , or Weaknessor Female Disease or some other name , but the real trouble is catarrh of the female organs and nothing else. Pe-ru-na radically and perma nently cures this and all othei forms of Catarrh. It is a positive specific for female troubles caused by catarrh of the delicate lining of the organs peculiar to women. It always cures if used persistently. It is prompt and certain. The microbes that cause chills and fever and malaria enter the system through mucous membranes made porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mucous membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs , thus pre venting and curing these affections. "I suffered tliotorteron of the damned with protruding piles brourht on by ceritipRf tion with which I TTOS tEictd f * Ytfcnty yews. I ran across your CASCJLRETSia the town of Novell , la. , and nerar found an/thing to equal them. To-day I aai entirely free from pllas and feel like a n w man. " Q. FE ± LTJI , 1411 Jcaoa St. , Sioux City , la. CANDY CATHARTIC Pleasant. Itable. . Potcat. Tatte fogd , Bo Good Never S'ofecn.Voatan , or Grlp ,15 ,38,50c. . . . CURE CONSTIPATION. . . . ? jn f ft P < M znd jniwrBBtwd by all Ky iiw B , ts to cfcai : looacco HMt. WILL KEEP YOU DRY Don't be fooin& ! x mccklntash or rubber cot. W you w nt c&Atl * that viU ka try ia th * X > r - [ est storm buy ft * Rsk Branlj Slicker. If not fw U IB your j town , wri'e far c t > ( M-M is A. J. TOWER. e fiut. Mas * . Druggists , CO Cts. Apply Balm into o ch wV-il. ELY BROS. , 55 Warren St. , X. Y. Too Good and Too Cheap t * be without it. i 1 Gtt Your Pension DOUBLE QUiOtU Writs Osst.'S'PiSSELt. ' I aniC"P. Tie Periodical Mofltijy ; Emulator nb ? LFiillLti. fails ; c"nvlnc3ycurolfw ] . NEW V5RiJ 'CUU11CAL C9. . Cox 70. 'Milwsnke ? . Wi. ? \ v iianirfu Blk. Omaha. . _ . _ i * * ij * r * T vh. ccst Cot hrirnip. . gold by d a STATE 03 ? NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK INA CON DENSED FORM. Shooting of Sheriff Farris in Sauii- ders County Has Occasioned Con siderable Excitement in that Part of the State Other Items. Story of the Farris Shooting. The shooting of Sheriff Farris of Saunders - ders County by Johnson last week has cre ated considerable excitement in the north ern part of the county , the feeling being intensely bitter against Johnson. Threats of lynching were freely uttered , and had he been captured on the day of the shoot ing he might have been roughly dealt with , although it is thought that Farris will re cover. The sheriff went to Johnson's place , nine miles south of Fremont , to serve some papers. Johnson at once became very angry and the two men had some hot words in regard to the papers. Johnson ordered Farris off the premises and the sheriff was in the act of leaving when Johnson shot him. A Wahoo dispatch gives another version of the affair : Sheriff Farris , who was shot by Johnson seven miles west of Mead is improving slowly. One story of the shoot ing is that Farris as sheriff went to John son's farm to levy upon it. He and John son had no quarrel. The sheriff went to Johnson's house , stated his business , and Mrs. Johnson ordered him off the place and Johnson gave him five minutes to leave. The sheriff replied he would go in less time and started for his team. When about twenty-five yards from the liouse Johnson , it is said , reached behind the door , drew out a shotgun and fired upon the sheriff. Then the sheriff fired at John son twice with his revolver. Johnsoi dodged behind a fence and the shot missec him. Then , resting his gun upon the fence , Johnson fired again , striking the sheriff in the face , breast and shoulders The slicnff got into his buggy and drove to Mead. A posse was organized to cap ture Johnson , but when it arrived Johnson had fled. Later it was learned that he had been captured by officers at Ashland. No violence is apprehendedunloss the sheriff's wounds should become worse. Some years ago Johnson told his farm to Paul Kline for part cash and a mortgage Johnson had the mortgage made in his brother's name , then Attorney Detweiler of Omaha placed an attorney's lien upon the farm and the district court rendered a decree of foreclosure in both cases. In the meantime Johnson dispossessed Kline ol the farm and now has a deed on recort which is pronounced a forgery. The sherifl was levying upon the farm for the broth er's mortgage and the Detweiler claim. TELLER AND SIO.OOO SHORT. Official of an Omaha National Bank Short in Accounts. Ten thousand dollars is the amount oJ the shortage which has been discovered in the accounts of the former railway teller of the Nebraska National Bank ( Omaha ) , Ned H. Copeland , who has disappeared and is believed to be in some foreign land , beyond the reach of requisition. If he is still in this country the American Surety Company , in which he was bonded , will leave nothing undone to apprehend and bring him back to Omaha. Inasmuch as Copeland was bonded for only § 5,000 , the bank will still be shore $5,000 after a settle ment with the surety company. NedH. Copeland was known as theBur- lington and Missouri teller for the Nebraska National Bank. This is a special position , which was created a number of years ago , to handle with facility the immense re ceipts of the Burlington road. For eight years Mr. Copeland held this position without the shadow of any suspicion at taching to his work , lie entered the bank as a boy and his entire business career was $ spent withinithe walls of this institution , ne wils Highly esteemed , not only by all the officials of the bank , but by the men and women of the social worldin which he moved. He is not yet 30 years of age. Accidental Killing. At a hay camp south of Brady Island Joe Zebra was shot and instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of T. Stevens , a fellow laborer. Stevens attempted to shoot a flying bir\l and the gun was discharged as he raised it , the contents striking in Zebra's eye , killing him instantly. Breaks Into Postoffice. The poslofliee at Firth was broken into recently. Admittance was gained by prying open the back door. The tools used were found outside near the door and were identified as belonging to V. Eosenfelt , city blacksmith , the thief securing the tools at the blacksmith shop. Nothing in the post- office was disturbed. Carpenters Strike. / \ Three hundred union carpenters have struck for an increase of 5 cents an hour n in Omaha. They hr.ve been receiving 30 cents and have made demands recently for an increase. A few of the contractors granted the reqiiest , but all the others wanted the question postponed until the 1st of January. a Farm House and Contents Burned J. W. AVilshire , a farmer living a mile and a half north of Fairfield , lost all of his household goods by fire. The house , to gether with the farm , belonged to an Omaha firm. Mr. Wilshire's goods were insured in the Nebraska State Insurance Association. Oliver Anderson Bound Over. „ The preliminary examination of Oliver Anderson for the killing of liishalf brother , Andrew Johnson , sr. , which occurred Sun day , Aug. 27 , was held at Stanton and the prisoner was remanded to jail to await h trial in the district court , which convenes Sept. 25. Boys with Matches Did It. : One of H. E. Pankonin's barns at Louis ; ville containing implements was destroyed by fiie. Loss on implements , $2,500. No : insurance. The barn was insured for $160. The fire was set bj * small boys , who were playing with matches. Fremont's Hemp "Warehouse Burns Ai frame building south of the Union Pacific depot atFromoiit , owned by Kirsch- 'jraun &Sons of Omaha and occupied by the Fremont Hemp Company for the stor- m i.'o of ] "Mrm. r-wrl 11 < h ° other day and OJ uiuuy Uebiiuvuu. 1 he origin SE of the fire is not known. Loss on building SEII fSOO. Loss on hemp , seventy tons , $6,000 ; fully insured. oi > oim New Bank a Blooinfield. m The new Citizens' State Bank of Bloom- deld , was opened for business on Monday , ni ? Sept. 4 , with a paid up capital of $10.000. ! LURED ON TO DEATH. .Laura Jjee French Trusts a Man Only to Give Up Her Iiife. It is claimed ( hat the man at the bottom of the mysterious death of Miss Laura Lee French at Hastings is an insurance agent at Omaha. Miss French left Chicago on June 17 to go to Creighton to visit her sis ter , Mrs. H. T. Gaesser. She stopped in I Omaha on her way to Creighton and was seen in company with this insurance man. She left Creighton on Aug. 5 for Chicago and expected to stop at Omaha and Bur lington , Iowa. This is tlie last time her relatives saw her alive. It seems when she reached Omaha she was met by this insurance man. She told him of her con dition and a trip was arranged for her to go to Hastings and remain there until she was in condition to return to her relatives. The medicine she took to reliev her is supposed to have been doped and herjdeath followed. The corpse has been taken to Burlington , Iowa , and intered close by the side of the dead girl's father , who has been dead several years. As yet nothing has been heard of the man who is suspected in the case. Every thing seems to point to the fact that the girl was murdered by a cool and deliber ate villain who had but one purpose in view , namely , to get the girl out of the way , as he had implicated himself in get ting her in a delicate condition. In order to carry out his crime he had succeeded in getting her to take a dose of poisoned med icine and then left her to die alone iu a hotel and be buried in an unknown grave. . The general opinion is that the man who did this crime was the one who visited her remains at the undertaker's , for as soon as he got sight of the corpse lie gave a slight start , his hand trembled and His eyes be came moist. For several minutes he stood thus looking upori the face of the dead woman. When lie was asked if he recognized the corpse lie refused to answer , but immediately made his way to the street and then to the coroner's , where he asked a few questions and simply said he thought at first he recognize I the dead woman , but was not certain. He said lie was going to j the country and would be buck soon , but | from that day to this lie has not been seen nor heard from. The woman's trunk dis appeared as mysteriously as did the stranger , and it is said lo contain two val uable heirlooms. The police are hard at work upon the case and hope soon to suc ceed in running the man in this mysterious case to earth. Expense Accounts. Silas A. llolcomb has filed a statement with the secretary of state showing the ex penses of his candidacy for the nomination for supreme judge. As shown by the state ment the total amount expended was $8.80 , divided as follows : Subscriptions to Non conformist , $ G ; stationery and stamps , 75 cents ; railroad fare from Lincoln to Omaha and return day of convention , $1.65. Frank G. Hamer , candidate for nomination in the Twelfth Judicial District , has filed a simi lar statement , showing an expenditure of $27.G3. "Doc" Mitldleton Settles Down. "Doc" Middleton , the famous scout , cowboy and ranger , was in Crawford re cently looking alter a dwellingfor his fam ily. He expressed himself as becoming civ ilized and will move to Crawford so as to give his children the benefit of the school. While in town he had his long black hair and whiskers shorn , and he is a stranger now to his most intimate friends. Divorce to Follow an Elopement W. A. Fitzgerald of Hastings has filed I suit for divorce from his wife Ida , alleging I misconduct. Mrs. Fitzgerald , who was formerly Ida Cook , was a domestic in the Fitzgerald home afc the time of the death of the plaintiff's first wife , something over a year ago , and ran away this summer with Dr. Rea , who spent several weeks in Hastings. Reward for Murderer. Gov. Poynter has offered a reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Benjamin F. Stump , who died in Richardson County July 19 from the effects of a pistol shot wound. No trace of the murderer was discovered by the aii- thorities of Richardson County and it is thought he has left the state. Blair's Building Site Suits. The selection of the Mto for the new pub lic building on the corner of Walker Ave nue and Lincoln Street in Blair gives gen eral satisfaction. All elements are pleased. Wayne's Handsome Xew Church Six hundred people attended the dedi cation services of the new First Presby terian Church at Wayne Sept. 3. The building cost over $10,030. Nebraska Short Notes. West Point is enjoying a building boom. Many substantial buildings are being erected in Cambridge this season. Seventeen farm mortgages were filed in Polk County last month and thirty re leased. Gothenburg is now without a saloon , not even a "temperance hall" is being con ducted. i The improvements on t lie * Hastings insane - j sane hospital are being pushed by the coni i tractors. A portion of the new electric light plant at Humboldt has arrived and the system will soon be in use. The Hayes Center postoffice was bur glarized a few nights since and$5 extracted from the money box. The York County Aricultural Society opened its annual fair Sept. 4. The racing program was first-class. A. JIcMurry of Humboldt moved to Au burn last week , where he began his duties is superintendent of the Schools of that 3ity. \ Rev. E. E. Crippen , pastor of the 3Ieth- sdiat Episcopal Church at Trenton , dellv- 2red his farewell address to a crowded liouse Sept. 3. H ± Friends of District .Indue S. H. Sedwiclc jf York are launching a boom for him for 1 he supreme bench. It is thought the en- ire district is for him. The dismissal of Philip F. Smith of the * hird class of West Point from the United States service for "harrassing and annoy3 ng a fourth class man. " proved a great ! i surprise to his many friends in Hastings. The barn of W. J. Williams , south of 3 Elumboldt , was struck by lightning and j lamaged considerably. ' , Deputy Sheriff Rossiter of Columbus ' . vent to Tarnov , a Polish town twenty ] niles north , and confiscated several kegs * f beer an * ; oilier liquors found in the poa- iession of Joe Savidge , a storekeeper , and J IB is under arrest. . i A telegram was received by the family t -5 f J. N. Roe , a Harvard traveling sales- ] nan , that he had been found dead by the ide of the road where he had been camping tear Agra , In Philips County , Kansas play i suspicioned. "Circumstances Alter Cases9 In cases of scrofula. , salt rheum , dys pepsia , nervousness , catarrh , rheumatism , j eruptions , etc. , the circumstances may be altered by purifying and enriching the blood'with Hood's Sarsaparilla . It is the great remedy for all ages and both sexes Be sure to get Hood's , because JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. A Shy Man -with a Great Deal of No toriety. Few writers , with the exception , per haps , of Rudyard Kipling , carry their dislike of notoriety to the extent that "Uncle Remus , " Joel Chandler Harris , does. An affable and most genial man ordinarily , the fact that some admirer of his work is desirous of seeing him produces a fit of' ' nervousness which causes him to play hide-and-seek , and if this fails and he is confronted the au thor is generally found to be a much better listener than talker. His home in Atlanta is on the outskirts of the town , and although a daily contributor to the Atlanta Constitution he works entirely at home and sees very little of society. Although Atlanta is visited In the course of tne year by nearly all of the theatrical companies , he has never been known to go to the theater to see one , the only time that he will come out of his shell being when James Whitcomb Riley gives one of his readings. This happened about six years ago , and then there was no more delighted apprecintor in the house than "Uncle Ilemus. " For the next five years , how ever , he carefully avoided the theater. When about a year ago the noosier poet made another tour of the South , Frank L ] Stanton asked Mr. Harris to accompany nim that night to the read ing. Wnen the poet called early in the evening to make sure that "Uncle Remus" would be ready in time the latter was already prepared and was beginning to worry. "Won't we be late ? " he asked. "Not for several hours yet , " answer ed Stanton. The next diy the Georgia poet and the Indiana poet went for a drive , and in accordance with the former's plan stop ped at Mr. Harris' house. Mr. Riley at first objected to going In , on the ground that it wasn't fair to surprise & man in this way. "If he knew you were coming , " re plied Stanton , "and had waited for you , by'this time he would have had nervous prostration. " As it was , "Uncle Remus" was "caught" before he had worked up to the proper nervous pitch , and , though he swung his hat to and fro In a much- abashed manner during the first few minutes of the conversation , he and the man he admired so much soon became fast 3 friends , and Riley seldom visits the South without spending some little time 1 with Harris at Atlanta. Mr. Harris Is a most methodical worker ; he goes to the Constitution office every morning at S o'clock for his mail and papers , and remains about half an hour , going home to work. In addition to his newspaper labors , he Is at present engaged on two books. Sat urday Evening Post. Equally Great. Two chance acquaintances on a railWay - Way train discovered that they had come originally from the same neigh borhood , and fell to conversing about old times. "By the way , " said the passenger in the skull-cap , "whatever became of Harrison McPelt ? " "He's a special writer for one of the New York papers , " replied the passen ger In the long linen duster , "at ten dollars a column. Has a good thing of it. " "And his brother Alfred ? " "Alfred is a fat man in a dime mu seum. Weighs four hundred and eighty-seven pounds. Gets a good sal ary. " "Well" , well ! " mused the other. "Both of them , then , have achieved success in life as space-fillers. ' Mrs , CoL RiciiardsoB SAVED BY ffiHS. PIKKHAM. [ LETTS * TO UES. PINKHAH no. 72,896 ] "You have saved my life , snatched me from the brink of the grave almost , and I "wish to thank you. About eigh teen-months ago I was a total wreck , physically. I had been troubled with leucorrhceaf or some time , but had gfiren hardly any attention to the trouble. " At last inflammation of the womb and ovaries resulted and then I suf fered agonies , had to give up nsy pro- fesBion ( musician and piano player ) , was confined to my bed and life became a terrible cross. My husband sum moned the best physicians , but their benefit was but temporary at best. I believe I should have contracted the morphine habit under their care , if my common sense had not intervened. " One day my husband noticed the ad vertisement of your remedies and im mediately bought me a full trial. Soon the pain in my ovaries was gone. I am BOTV well , strong and robust , walk , ride a wheel , and feel like a girl in , her teenc. I would not bo without Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ; it is like water of life to ina. I am very gratefully and sincerely your well- wisher , and I heartily recommend your remedies. I hope some poor creature may be helped to health by readingmy 'story. " MBS. Cor , . E. P. ElCHAEDSOJT , EHEfEULNDEB , TYlS. * When a man disputes with a fool the fool Is doing the same thing. Oarlock Tribune. 1 The Teotfc. , Imperfect teeth are a sure sign of civilization. Perfect teeth are found , as a rule , only among savages. Big teeth and square jaAVs are al ways found with low foreheads and email craniuins. Out of 100 teeth of adults that twen' ty-five years ago would have been ruthlessly extracted , ninety-nine are now saved by science. "Women dentists have ceased to at tract attention as a novelty , there be ing now over 400 of ! the sex engaged in the profession. Modern dentists can remedy crook ed or projecting jaws by special appli ances that gradually train the jaws Into their normal position. Dental science was utterly lost to the world for 1,000 years , or during the dark ages , and only revived in 1700. George Washington was one of the Grst Americans who wore false teeth , and two sets of them are owned in Baltimore as valuable heirlooms. They were indescribably clumsy. The pe culiar expression of Washington's lips In his portraits Is due to those teeth. Important Information for Mon and Womeri. For those who are accustomed to send ing away from home for their goods it is of the greatest importance to know the character aud reliability of the estab- lislmients selling goods to families from catalogues. . The great emporium of the Jokn M. Smyth Co. , located at 150 to 1GC West Madison street , Ch'icago , has been established for a third of a ceutnry , and has furnished over a half a million homes in Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm enjoys the confidence of the public by its many years of fair dealing. It issues an immense illustrated cata logue that should be in every family , as it describes and gives the price of every article required for household use. A sample of the extraordinary values of fered by this firm is shown in the illus tration of the gentlemen's overcoats in another column of this paper. These gar ments are indeed wonderful values , and yet they are but a sample of the thousand and one useful articles illustrated and described in the beautiful catalogue of the John M. Smyth Company. Life is not so short , but that there Is always time enough for courtesy. Em erson Shake Into Your , Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease , a powder for the feet. It cures painful , swollen , smarting , nervous feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis covery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweatinj , callous and hot tirtd , aching feet Try it to-day. Sold by all druf gists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c , in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address , Allen S. Olmsted , Le Roy , N. T. The higher the character or rank , the less the pretense , because there Is less to pretend to. Bulwer. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price 75 cents. Avarice is the vice of declining years George Banoi-nft I know that my life was saved by Piso's Cure for Consumption. John A. Miller , iu Sable , Mich. , April 21. 1895. Kindness out of season destroys au thority. Saadi. Mr * . Winslow's SOOTHING SYBITF lor Children teetklngr : Eottens the cuna. % reduces inflammation. sJlays pain , cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. The greatest remedy for anger Is de lay. Seneca. ' 1 1 ; Jl Dizzy ? Then your liver isn't acting well. You suffer from bilious ness , constipation. Ayer's Pills act directly on the liver. For 60 years the Standard Family Pill. Small doses cure. 25c. All druggists. Want your moustache or bcurtl a beautiful firown or rich black ? Then use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE M era , or D uocivra. c R. t > H < tt A Co. NIJMIM. N. M. mn < < K * $ ? X- ACTS GENTLY ON THE E THE CLEANSES . EFFEc. J UALL DSS ! 5 * lH65 PERMANENTLY THE GENVIrltMAMT O o rmu. see. nRtsnu. W. L. DOUGLAS $3&S3.50 SHOES ' g Worth 54 to ( S compared with other makes. Indonvd by over 1OOOOOO wearers. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES ' THE GEKUIJTE h Tt U. L D.aIM > nemo and price itaayed on bottom. Take no substitute claimed to be as good. Largeit maken of $3 and * 3.50 shoe * In the- world. Yonr dealer should kaep them If not , we will send you a pair on receipt of price. State kind of leather , size and width , plain or cap toe. Catalogrne D Free. W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO. . Brockton , Mass. S. C. N. U. - - 37-99 YOU WILL REALIZE THAT "THEY . LIVE WELL WHO LIVE CLEAN LY" F YOU USE 150-52-154 156-153-160 IS2-1&4-I65 Onr TO. 50. The illustration represents The a hlch grade all w l Ktrtcy Cloth Over coat in quality and price without a peer. It wearer of is made with double stitched overlapped of seams , raw edges , heavy fine velvet collar , one lined throughout xrith highly finished extra these elegant fine quality farmers' satin , deep facing of am. goods , two outside pockets and ticket pocket gant Overcoats with flaps , two inside breast pockets , tailocai in the correct fashion for autumn and wiat r coats will dress wear. There is a great deal of clothij enjoy the being advertised mostly made in eastern tea - ment factories at starvation wages , whick distinction means dishonestly made. It Is our policy t * serve the public honestly and give them jtwt of being what they show Id fcave et the lowest living dressed in cost. No underpaid labor is employed La making our clothing ; the result is we g'et lha the latest highest class workWe want yonr business and offer yon goods and prices that in justice fashion. . to yourse'f you cannot aford to pass without There's a at least i" < stigating. It costs yon nothins to try us. we'll send yon one of these 5peofad sense of value coats on receipt of Ii.oo , balance C. O. D. , or if cash in full accompanies the ordr satisfac and the coat is found not as represented or sat tion in isfactory , send it back to ns and your money will be refunded by next mail after the coat wearing reaches ns. Ask your btnker , any express companv or mercantile agency regarding our perfect * responsibility. Col f itt ors are navy blue , seal t ng gar brown orblack. State ments. color wanted. Sizes 34 to 44 chest meas ure. Price Sizes larger than 44 inches chest measure will cost Sr.co eztra. Send for ourspecial cloth- booklet of scnjp'es. It 3 free. in which is listed at lowr- eet wholesale prices everything So et , ws iranc3 use , is furnished on receipt of only K > c , to partly pay postage - ago G ? expressage , and as evidence of good faith the lOc , Is avowed on first purchase amounting to SS.OO or above.