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''ifTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1897.

During his present term as president Cleveland is said to have saved$125,000. During- - the same periodUncle bam lost a hair billion ormore.

Spain has succeeded in placing- - adebt of $500,000,0000 upon the island of Cuba. If Spain cannot killall the Cubans she proposes to confiscate their property through taxation.

The present administration hasplaced 75.000 positions under thecivil-servi- ce rule, thereby relievingthe incominsr president of thetrouble of making- - that many appointments.

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An exchange very truly remarksthat a lot of Bryanites sit onfences and around corner groceriesand jeer and sneer at any mentionof "good times coming." Theywould sooner endure poverty andidleness than fail in their prophecyof I told you so."

Bryan evidently believes in keeping the people in a state of ignorance. He advises his followers toboycott all papers that do not advocate the free coinage of silver at 16to 1. The metropolitan paperswhich favor free coinage are fewfewer than they were prior to lastNovember.

Our citizens await with some degree of interest the platform to bepromulgated by the Bryan free silver municipal reform club of NorthPlatte. The members of the committee appointed to draft the platform have been "reformers" eversince they wore swaddling clothesand yet have never accomplishedanything.

The maximum appropriationasked for by the promoters of theTransmissippi exposition is equivalent to a contribution of thirtycents from each inhabitant of thestate. Everybody can afford tochip in three dimes for the successof the great exposition. We expendmore tnan tnat at eacn circus weattend and compared with the proposed great show at Omaha thecircus is but an atom.

Vice president Hobart has beenbeseiged by begging letters everyday since his election. One youngwoman wrote from New Orleansrequesting $10,000 with which tocomplete her musical education,and asked Mr. Hobart to telegraphwhen the money would arrive.Another woman asked for eijrhtdollars for a set of false teeth, saying that her chances ot -- getting ahusband would be vastly increasedthereby.

At the naval proving grounds atIndian Head, Md., tests were madeby the American Ordnance Com-

pany of the destructive power ofshells charged with frozen dyna-mite. The inventor ot this type ofprojectile is J. K. Bakewell of Pitts-burg, Pa. Six shots were fired, thepurpose being to prove that a shellfilled with the explosive, in a frozencondition, would pierce the objectat which it is fired before exploding.Five experiments were successful,one failing because the dynamitehad been exposed to the freezingprocess only half the time of theothers. A large three-inc- h steeltarget was used. "While the holewhere a shell filled with powderpenetrated the plate is clearly cut,those produced by shells chargedwith frozen dynamite showedjagged edges, turned back. Therecoil ot the gun was very raarked,although only small charges of theexplosives were used.

Benjamin Brazelle is the nameof the young man in St. Louis who

has succeeded in defying all thelaws of nature, chemistry, etcetera.By actual test Mr. Brazelle haschanged silver into gold and gold

into silver. The transmutation he

considers the most ensignificantpart of the discoveries he has made

a mere nothing in comparisonwith the feat ot changing clay intogold, silver, iron, calcium, alumi-

num, glacium, and fifteen othermetals not now known to scienceand whose qualities have not yetbeen determined by the discoverer.In addition to his ability to convertinto any metal, Mr. Brazelle ad-

vances the theory that metals areendowed with life and grow likeany plant when placed under theproper conditions. The theory isnot lacking demonstration, andhas been proven to the satisfactionof the scientists and his financialbackers beyond a doubt. Fromthat he deduces that all things inthe universe are endowed with lifeand that rock minerals and earthall apparently inanimate, are fullof life, energy and growth anddevelop and die like plants.

He has been able to prove his the-

ories to such an extent that a com-

pany has been formed to make prac-

tical use of his wonderful startlingdiscoveries. The company has already started its plant at FairLawn, in St. Louis county. It wilsoon be completed and ready to turnout aluminum, calicum, gold, silver,iron and inanj- - other metals notnow known to science, all manufactured from common clay.

THE HIDDEN BEAUTY.

The black stream flows alongWhose waters wo despise.

Show us reflected tberoSonic fragrant of the skies,

'Neath tangled thorns and briers(Tho task is fit for thee)

Seek for tho hidden flowers"Wo nro too blind to sec;

Then will I thy great giftA crown and lilessing calL

Ac gola look thus on men.And God sees good in nil.

--Edward TCilbnr Mason in Womankind.

DECEIVERS EVER.

Carey Churchill Carter Channing,first lieutenant, Ninth cavalry, died solong ago that most of his story is for- -

gotteu, although it was a very greatwonder at the time. Everybody connect-ed with it is dead also his mother andthe other two women and so manyfirst lieutenants have filled his placesince then that no one's heart is likelyto bo wounded by repeating it

He was a superb great fellow as allthe men in his regiment were said to bein those days of the big, blond andbrave type, Knowing neitner fear norfailure, and his fascination was some-thin- ?

that ha become a tradition in theservice. So many girls aye, and married women, too bad loved him thatthe shores npon which he had touchedwere strewn with wrecks.

Tho hearts of all those women hadbeen broken, actually broken, not justdented a little, as is usually the case inauch affairs. Their lives wero openlyruined, yet Gbanning kept himself freoof blame. No one could say "he shouldnot nave done tnus or so;" ue nevercommitted himself; he never acted in acompromising fashion in the presenceof a third person. But the women whoran insanely on into the desert of disillusion, following the elusive pillars ofthe smoke of his words and the fire ofhis looks, never again passed beyondintotho land of content across the wil-derness. They despised themselves inthat pitiful fashion that women have,but they loved him always, for such isthe way of their kind.

It had been his good fortune to havedealings only with women who eitherthought of him alone, forgetting them-selves, or wih those too gentle to de-

nounce him. Then, too, he had managedwell ; there was never any definite proof.But in tho early summer of 1885 thepitcher that had been carried 99 timesto tho well narrowly escaped beingbroken.

The bride of Captain Morton, havingseen fit, with due encouragement, tofall in love with him, threatened to be-

come unmanageable. She was a mostwonderfully attractive, feminine littlething, but sho was neither of the Beltimmolating nor of the concealing sort.Having lost her heart, she lost her head,and Ghaiming was in much danger ofhaving his methods exposed.

His captain advised him. "Cbanning,you'd better take a leave and get outfor a bit."

"Why?""Well, it's a delicate subject, but

Morton's an old friend of mine, and Jdon't want to see his wife disgrace him. "

"But what havo I done? I am as in-

nocent as a baby, and besides, I thinkyou are mistaken."

"Wo all exonerate you. It's not yourfault, but I'm not mistaken. It's evident to tho whole post. Take my adviceand go see your mother, like a dutifulson."

Cbanniug was flattered, but ho wasalso frightened; nevertheless, he wasundecided.

There was a hop that same night.Mrs. Morton was there, and it was heractions that determined Channing totake Captain Lytton's counsel. She wasalready in the hoproom talking to thelatter when Channing appeared, and themomeufc sho saw him, standing tall andgraceful and indifferent in the doorway,sho grew so white that the whole roomnoticed it, and she trembled visibly.She realized her paleness and knew thatCaptain Lytton's quick movement toput himself between her and the watch-ing eyes had been unavailing.

Her own soft eyes filled as she raisedthem piteously. 'J You see what a spec-tacl- o

I am making of myself. I can'thelp it I've tried hard. There's noth-ing for it but to go away or breakdown."

"Poor little girll Come away, then.""If you will just take mo home and

tell Dan I" She stopped, losing thethread of her words, for Channing wasapproaching.

Captain Lytton offered her his arm.Conio quickly," he said."Just wait a minute, please just till

I tell Mr. Cbanning I can't stay for ourdance."

Sho had flnshed up, and her eyes werebrilliant She put out her hand to Chan-ning, drew it back and again stretchedit forth confusedly.

Ho took it and pressed it yes, shewas suro no pressed it almost "Thethird you premised me, wasn't it?"

"Yes, I think so," she answered.Captain Lytton turned on his heel

and walked away.At the end of the third dance, while

they strolled together up and down theline, Cbanning experimented to see howfar sho would go. To his consternation,he found that sho would stop at nothingshort of blazoning her infatuation fromthe house tops. A scandal was not whatChanning wanted. He wa3 very gentlewith her, but she wept and said all manner of foolish things, until Captain Lytton came upon them and took her home.

Very soon after this the lieutenantwent on to visit hia mother. She was aVirginian of tho conventional poor but.proud order, and sho lived on what hadonce been toe Kircnen garaen or tnefamily estate. Quite as often as not shewas on the point of hunger, when therewas no demand for the needlework ofher quiveriug old fingers. Her sou didnot contribute to her support "All ofmy beggarly pay and more, too, goes tokeep up appearances. lay regiment isgreat on esprit de corps. I'd like awfully well to .help you, momer, out. x mwss

hold up mv end of the row. I a a

Channing. " And she loved him all thobettor.

While he was with her in the summer of I boo throne Ji sneer lack of excitement he became enamored of a certain Anna Traffcrd. He asked her tomarry him, quite the last thing he wouldhave expected himself to do and she,being completely fascinated, consentedwithout even a decent amount of hesitation. It was arranged that in the latefall sho should join Channing at thotown nearest his post and there be married.

In September, the unhappy Mrs. Morton having gone hopelessly away to another garrison, tho lieutenant rejoinedhis regiment Ho mentioned tho fact ofhis engagement to no one, but proceededpromptly to luro on another woman,girl of gorgeous beauty, a hot bloodedbrunette, with the eyes of a Jael, thebrow of a Madonna, and a sensitive,well made month. She was the onlydaughter of Colonel Boss, motherlessand betrothed to ono Lieutenant Hawthorne, who had loved her since theyhad been babies making mud pies together on the sun blasted parade groundof Camp Thomas. Sho broko her engagement, and sho broke youDg Hawthorne's heart. But her own turn was tocome.

In November, giving way ungracious-ly enough to Anna Trafford's pleadings,Channing granted her permission to

. join him at the railroad town. She wasvery poor. Generally she was considerate and self sacrificing. Now sho clamored and would not bo quieted until amortgage was raised on the wretchedlittle hotrse that was all in tho worldher mother and crippled pister owned.Sho bought her ticket with the money,and ten days after the receipt of Channing s letter she was at the meetingplace alone.

She spent a day and two nights inthe mean lit lie depot hotel, very nearlyout of her mind with loneliness, frightand at last au acknowledged distrnst.Then Chauning's mother arrived, andan officer met them with an ambulance.Channing was dying of a fever, themother told her. The doctor had tele-graphed for her withont her son's knowl-edge the day after tho girl had left thovillage. Then Anna reproached herselffor her suspicions with unreasoning bit-terness.

The drive to tho post took two days.It was a horrible experience for tho offi-

cer. The road stretched on, on, on,across desert and bad lands, where eventhe greasewocd and mesquite was bnrn-e- d

by the terrible sun. The old womansank from the dust and the heat into analmost senseless state. The girl, beingyoung and strong and alive, fought withthe strangling dust, gasped, twisted hersmall hands and bit into her lips in aperfectly silent struggle. Sometimes, astho lieutenant sat opposite them, howished that they would cry or makesoino sound.

Tho beautiful daughter of ColonelBoss was standing by Chauning's bedalone when tho doctor led tho motherand her young companion in. The lien-tena- nt

had been dead 20 minutes. Thedark eyed woman did not turn. Sho hadforgotten everything in all the worldsave only Chauning's face. When thesouthern girl dropped down at the bed-side and screamed for her husband, shestarted.

"Is the poor thing crazy?" she askeddully of Mrs. Channing.

"No. But she was not married tohim. Only sho was to havo been mar-ried at Santa Maria two or three daysago I forget when. He sent for her."

"That can't be true, becauEO I am hiswife."

Mrs. Channirg caught at the bedpostwith her shriveled old hand. "Non-sense!" she said.

"Indeed it is true. Aren't you hismother?" Sho put her arm tenderlyabout the bent shoulders. "I thoughtyou were. You look like him. Ho andI were married last night at midnight,when they told us ho was going to die."

"Anna! Come away, Anna! You'veno right there. Get up. This girl's hiswife. He didn't love you. He marriedher. He married her last night."

It was cruel, but Mrs. Channing hadgone mad.

For five years afterward Colonel Bosscared for the insane mother of hisdaughter's husband even when hisdaughter was dead.

But until Channing was buried in thograveyard on the hill, where the coyotesdug up the mounds at night, and thoprairie dogs barked shrilly, and thosnakes glided along the dry, baked earthinto their holes until he was buriedthere the two women staid by herTheir trust in tho dead man never fal-

tered. The girl believed he had beenensnared on his deathbed, the wifethat he had never loved the childish,pretty Virginian. Yet neither, out ofpity, spoke her convictions.

Watching over his mother, they satin tho room where ho had died and listened to tho thud of the soldiers' feetas they marched by outside, followingthe young officer's flag covered coffin.Then thero was a long, long silence.They were wide apart the wife withher beautiful head in her hands, thegirl looking straight at the wall, thoold woman muttering aud scratching ather gown with her crooked fingers.

At last camo the sound of a faroffvolley of musketry. The girl jumpedup. "What's that?"

"The firing over his grave.In a moment it camo again. The girl

stood swayiug; tho wife sat with herhead still bowed. It was no new soundto her.

A pause then tho last volley. Thegirl fell, and the woman, lifting herhead, stared stupidly atthepretty, deadface, at the fixed, childish eyes that stilllooked hurt, while tho mother mutteredin the corner and taps shrilled from thebugle over tho grave of the man theyhad- - loved. Gwendolen Overton in SanFrancisco Argonaut.

A Hair Finished Job."Sir, I am a self mado man I""Who interrupted you?" Strand

Magazine.

Pree Pills.Send your address to H. B. Bucklen &

Co., Chicago, and get a free sample boxf Dr. King.s New Life Pills. A trial

will convince you of their merits. Thesepills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of consitpa-tio- n

and sick head ache. For Malariaand liver troubles they have been provedinvaluable. They are guaranteed to beperfectly free from every deletertioussubstance and to be purely vegetable.They do notweaken by thoir action, butby giving tone to Btomach and bowelsgreatly invigorate tho system. Begular8iza25c per box. Sold by A.F. Streitzdruggist. 4

THE UMBRELLA.

It Has Been Known and Used For Thoasands of Years.

Possibly many of-y- ou suppose thatthe umbrella is a modern invention, butit is not Both as an emblem of rankand as a protection from sun and rain itis of very ancient origin. Though thematerials used in the manufacture havobeen constantly changing, the generalconstruction of tho frame has beenchanged but little in thousands of years.

Egyptian and Ninevite sculptures oi

the earliest dates have many representanous of tne umbrella, out it is invariably in connection with royalty. It wasalways held over the head of a monarchwhen he rode in his chariot and at hisgreat open air feasts. In some of theHindoo sculptures Vishnu is representedcarrying an umbrella when going on avisit to the infernal regions.

We find frequent references to theumbrella in the Greek poets, for its usewas quite fashionable among women ofhigh rank in Greece. In tho middle agesit was an emblem of rank in the church.Umbrellas wero carried over cardinalsand bishops in solemn processions, andall of the large cathedrals owned one ormore umbrellas that wero kept for useon such occasions.

The Chinese adopted the umbrella ata very early period in their history, andfor many centuries were the only peoplethat did not confine its use to the kingand princes of tho blood. However, theypermitted only men of wealth and highposition to carry them. The commonpeoplo protected themselves from thoelements by making their hats broadand umbrella shaped.

From the time that they establishedtheir empire the Japaneso liavo mademuch use of tho umbrella. It is alsoused throughout India, but it is a markof rank in Burma and Siam. Ono ofthe titles of the king of Em-m- a is Lordof the Twenty-fou- r Umbrellas. He useswhite silk runbrellas, and no other person is permitted to uso a whito one.The princes of tho blood each have, asa mark of distinction, two gilt umbrellas, with handles 10 or 15 feet inlength. Tho other officers of the statehave but one.

From early drawings it seems probable that tho umbrella was introducedinto Europe in tho fourteenth century,but it did not como into general use until about 1700. Philadelphia Press.

A It cw Point In Insurance.The ingenuity of some insurance com

panies in devising ways aud means forevading responsibility is equaled bynothing on earth. A claim was recentlymade against an accident insurance com-pany for indemnity by a physician whohad met with an injury in a very peculiar fashion. He had been ill as tho result of an accident received some tiinoprevious, but was partly recovered.While driving he was seized with aspasm, and great exhaustion overcamehim. Ho stopped his horse and proceed-ed to administer a hypodermic injectionof some powerful stimulant to which horesorted in such emergencies. Just asho was about to insert tho needle hishorse started. Tho needle was drivendeep into tho flash, inflicting a severeand paiufnl injury. He sued for indemnity, he being disabled for 22 weeks.The judge dismissed the complaint onthe ground that tho injury was notcaused throngh external violent and ac-

cidental means in the intent and pur-pose of the policy. This decision willstrike the average thinking individualas somewhat peculiar. If a mishap duoto tho sudden starting of a horse is notan accident, it might bo- - interesting toknow how the word could bo defined.

New York Ledger

Women and Insurance.Only about eight or nine of tho life

insurance companies of tho country in-sure wome: at the samo rates as men.A considerably larger number insurewomen, but charge them an additional

5 per 1,0C0, and still more even donot insuro women at all. It is the oniu- -ion of those qualified to speak that thecompanies charging tho excess rato aronot justified in doing so and that thepractice will not long bo continued.The mortality rate experienced amongits women insurers by one well knowncompany has been about 80 per cent ofwhat.was expected, and it has insuredseveral women for the full amount itwill issue on anyone life that is, $50,- -000. Tho heretofore unfavorable attitude of insurance companies towardwomen has been due undoubtedly to thofact that few if any women had an insurable interest, but that day has passed.As the avenues of occupations havowidened thousands of women todayare tho sole support of children or parents, and those thus dependent on themneed the protection of insurance asmuch as if the family breadwinnerwere a man.

A Ilniumins: Bird's Umbrella.In front of a window where I worked

last summer was a butternut tree. Ahumming bird built her nest on a limbthat grew near tho window, and wohad an opportunity to watch her close-ly. In fact, wo could look right intothe nest. One day when there was aheavy shower coming up, wo thoughtwo would seo if sho covered her yonngduring tho rain. Well, when the firstdrops fell, sho came and took in herbill one of two or threo largo leavesgrowing close by and laid this leaf overthe nest so as completely to cover it;then she flew away. On examining tholeaf we found a hole in it, and in theside, of tho nest was a small stick thatthe leaf was fastened to or hooked up-on. After the storm was over the oldbird camo back and unhooked the leaf,and the nest was perfectly dry. Amer-ican Sportsman.

Mental Arithmetic.Aunt Dorothy How many command-

ments are there, Johnny?Johnny (glibly) Ten.Aunt Dorothy And, now, suppose

you were to break one of them?Johnny (tentatively) Then there'd

bo nine. Spare Moments.Eggs Are Useful.

According to The Medical Becord,eggs are useful in the following applica-tions: A mustard plaster mado with thowhite of an egg will not leave a blister.A raw egg, taken immediately, willcarry down a fish bone that cannot beextracted. The white skin that lines theshell is a useful application to a boil.White of egg, beaten up with loaf sugarand lemon, relieves hoarseness a tea-spoon- fnl

taken once every hour. An eggin the morning cup of coffee is a goodtonic. A raw egg, with the yolk un-broken, in a glass of wine is beneficialfor convalescents.

FILLING A BULLDOG'S TEETH.An Operation Which a Scranton Dentist

Did WitU Hesitation, bnt Success.A powerful and ferocious bulldog,

owned by Dr. Ward of Scr.uiton, Pa.,enjoys the distinction of having a biggold filling in cno of his incisors, and agood many citizens, who have caught agleam of the gold in his mouth, wonderhow the filling was done. Some think itwas done through hypnotic influence bythe doctor over the dog, while othersinsist that it was through the dog's implicit obedience to his master's command.

The bulldog's name is Gem. He is asugly iu appearauco as a prize winner ina dog show. His nose is amass of wrinkles, and his eyes have a wicked gleamfor any one but his master and Mrs.Ward. His affection for them, however,knows no bounds. When Gem was dis-

covered one day clasping his muzzle between his paws, rolling over and overon tho floor and moaning, his mouthAvas examined, and it was found thatthere was a big cavity in ono of the incisors. It was decided that a dentistshould bo consulted. The dentist foundthat it would be necessary to use a rubber dam, and he promised to fill thecavity provided Gem was etherized.This was done, and tho operation wasconsidered a successful one, althoughGem evidently thought otherwise. Sometiino afterward tho filling came out, andGem's last state was worse than hisfirst, for he refused to submit to anotheroperation with ether. At the first sniffof the anaesthetic he not only added ascore of wrinkles to those already in hisnose, but showed his teeth in so danger-ous a way that the dentist refused toproceed. Dr. Ward insisted that he couldmake Gem stand on the table and havethe tooth filled without wincing. Thedentist was dubious about trusting hishand between tho brute's jaws, butfinally consented to try.

Gem was put on tho table, and hismaster stood in front of him, kept hiseyes fixed on Gem's and told him toopen his mouth. Gem did so, and a rub-ber dam was soon adjusted in place.Tho dentist set to work with the instru-ment of torture called a bur, and onoof Gem's cars went down in a threaten-ing way, while the other remained cock-

ed. The doctor held one finger raisedand kept his eyes fixed on Gem's, thatnever wandered from his master's gaze.The attitude of Gem's ears proved abarometer of his sufferings when thebur touched a spot close to the nerve.When both cars went down, tho dentistknew he had gone as far as dogs' naturewould let him go. Gem's eyes neverwandered from the doctor's in the 1 Jhours the dentist was at work. Gemstood the final polishing, and when hismaster gave the word for him to getdown from tho table Gem danced withdemonstrations of joy at his release.Since that day ho has no trouble inmasticating the biggest beef bone.New York Sun.

Salaries Earned hy Sncccssfnl Buyers.A good buyer who year after year in

creases his business aud the reputationof his department, who leaves for tinsemiannual inventory a clean and de-

sirable stock one who, in fact, has thegenius of money making is paid a salary m the big houses of from 5,000 to

10,000 and of ten a percentage on theyearly increase cf his sales. In some oftho largest departments a number of thomost capable buyers thus receive asmuch as 30,000 a year and are regarded as cheap at that, a fact which can boreadily understood when it is remem-bered that in a singlo department of agreat shop selling, say, $1,000,000worth of goods a year, a difference of 5per cent in the profits, which may bethe result of a good manager as distinguished from a mediocre one, amountsto 50, 000. On the other hand, in thelower class stores buyers in many of thedepartments are paid as low as 25week, with no percentage. If tho largeincomes are the great exception, it isalso to be said that the opportunities aremoro numerous than the meu with thoability to tako aavantage of them."Tho Department Store," by SamuelHopkins Adams, in Scribner's.

Two Horace,Tho editor of tho New York Chris

tiau Advocate iearned not long sincefrom a coachman that horses aro notunlike human beings. Ho writes:

Riding iu a friend's carriage one day,we noticed that the coaclunan mado con-stant efforts to restrain one of thehorses and to hasten the ether. As thopair wero handsome and perfectlymated, wo said, Wnat is the differencebetween these horses, that yon are constantly touching up ono and holding inthe other?"

Said he: "Tho ono that I whip cannot possibly overwork himself. I willnot say tnat no is lazy, bnt ho is nomado that ho never can and never willdo himself any damage. , It would boimpossible to whip him so hard that hewould hurt himself. The other can trota mile in less than 2:25, and ho wouldtrot from the love of it until he dropped dead. Hot or cold, he does his best "

Didn't Locate It.Dr. H. F. Fisk, principal of tho acad-

emy of tho Northwestern university, is anexact man, say3 the Chicago Inter Ocean.Ho has made it a rule that for all ab-

sences from recitations his studentsshall write out reasons in full why theywere away and what recitations weremissed. One day Dr. Fisk received anote as follows:

"On account of the earache, headache,stomach ache and cramps I was unableto attend algebra at 8 a. m., grammarat 10 a. m. and English at 3 p. in."

Dr. Fisk excused the student, but atthe same time took occasion to rebukehim for not stating in his letter whereho had cramps.

3?ro!essional Advice."Doctor, I'm so nervous that I toss

all night. What's the best remedy?""Just take a nap when you feel that

way." Detroit Freo Press.

Yonr Boy Wont Live a Month.

So Mr, Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St,South Gardner, Mass., was told by thodoctor. His son had luDg trouble. fol- -lowing typhoid malaria, and he spentthree hundred and seventy-fiv- e dollarswith doctors, who finally gave him upsaying: "Your boy wont live a month."He tried Dr. Kings New Discovery anda few bottles restored him to health andenabled him to go to work a perfectlywell man. He says he owes bis presentgood hesdtb to use of Dr. Kings NewDiscovery, and knows it to bo the bestin the world for lung trouble. Trialbottles freo at A. F. Streitz's drug store

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An Old Hymn.A pathetic and yet charming story is

tnld of the origin of the well known.hymn, "Blest be the lie that binds,"which was 'written by Rev. John Fawcett, an English Baptist, who died in1817. having spent nearly GO years inthe ministry.

It was m 1772, after a few yearsspent in pastoral work, that he wascalled to London to succeed the Rer. Dr.Gill. His farewell sermon had beenpreached near Moinsgate in Yorkshire.Six or seven wagons stood loaded withIns furniture and books, and all wasready for departure.

But his loving people wero heartbroken. Men, women and children gathered and clung about him and his family with sad and tearful faces. Finally,overwhelmed with the sorrow of thosothey were leaving, Dr. Fawcett andhis wife sat down on one of the packingcases aud gave way to grief.

"Oh, John," cried Mrs. Fawcett atlasr, "I cannot bear this I I know nothow to go."

"Nor I cither," returned her husband, "and we will not go. The wagonsshall be unloaded and everything putin its old place."

His people were filled with intensejoy and gratitude at this determinationDr. Fawcett r.t once sent a letter toLondon explaining tho case, and thenresolutely returned to his work on a salary of less than 200 a year.

This hymn was written to commeniorate tne event. Wnen Air. Coning, amissionary at AmtaD, m Armenia, setout in 1860 to explore the Taurus mountains, he was to penetrate an entirelynew and dangerous field. This fact wasfully realized by the inhabitants ofAintnb, and they gathered to the number of 1,500 at the roadsides and badefarewell to the missionary and his family in the Armenian words cf this hymn,written nearly a century before by thedevoted Yorkshire preacher. Youth'sCompanion.

Took the Law Literally.A very ignorant but well to do citizen

from the backwoods was elected coronerof a small connty. A few days after hiselection he amazed the ordinary by asking that functionarv to point out hisduties for him.

wny, said tne ordinary, "wnen aman drops dead, or is killed by an engine, or blown up with dynamite, yousimply impanel r. jury and sit on himand then render a verdict."

"That's jest what I done two hoursago," said the coroner, "an tno citizensair kickin!"

"Kickin about what?"' 'The man what I Eot on. ""Well?""Wen, you see, nit wuz this away:

He drapped by the railroad thar an hollered cut, 'Boys, I'm dead!' "

"Well?""I wuz siaudin within three feet of

him, an as he hollered them words Ijumped him."

"Jumped him?""I mean sot on him, jest liko the

coroners air required by law, an, as Iweigh right smart, he kep' purty quietafter I landed."

"But he was dead before you reachedlini, wasn't he?"

"Thar's whar the question comes in.Ain't but one thing erbout it that'--sshore an certain, an that is he wuz deadJwhen I got up 1" Atlanta Constitution.

Awnlting n Jewish Moody.When the Jewish Moody becomes

Known, wc fhv.il havo revivals havingmo Jewish snint and enccuragiUR awarm devotion to the ancient faith, inwhich the woman's council and theHebrew associations will be conspicuous. There is nothing: in the physiqueof the average Jew that prevents hisgrowing enthusiastic in religion as wellas in art or politics; he merely awaitsthe man and the opportunity. The trueJew is not indifferent. Given the occasion, and he will promptly dispky hiswarmth of spirit. We can well picturethe crowds cf excited worshipers hailing the words of Isaiah or Jccl, who,beforo the approach cf (heso prophets,showed little interest in things spiritual.And in seme respects Mccdv may becalled tho Isaiah of today. JewishMessenger.

Constant Employment.A witty retort is credited to a well

known writer and critic, to whom afriend spoke of a young author whoseliterary efforts are not received with thoenthusiasm which he feels them tomerit.

"He tells me he is confident of winning fanio fcr himself before long, " saidthe critic's friend, who had lately metthetime he revenges himself upcu hlSUU--

favorable reviewers by laughing atthem."

I envy him, " said tho critic, hcav- -

ing a mock sigh. "He must be by allodds the merriest man in this part ofthe country if he dees that."

A Grandfather's Clock.Baron Ferdinand Rothschild possesses

an old "grandfather's clock" that orig-inally cost over 20,000. The mechan-ism records tho day of the weck monthof the year, the phases of the moon andstrikes each hour. The quarters arechimed with a different bell, andrare thing with these clocks) it has asecond hand. The case was made by I t

Wcrtheimcr and stands 14 feet high. Itwas originally the property of LouisXVI.

First Written Laws. ofThe first written statutes aro com-

prised in the law of Moses, 1491 B. C.The first Greek laws were systematizedby Draco 623 B. G. The laws of Ly--curgus were mado about 844 B. C. TheBoman laws were first comniled brServins Tullius and amended bv theTwelve Tables in 449 B. O. Tho Pandects of Justinian were compiled in 533.Blacks tone's Commentaries wero uub--lished at Oxford, in 1765 and 1769.

The first anthropological societv. fortho study of mankind considered withreference to the animal history of therace, was founded in London in 1863.

Tho common house fly, in the mouthof the scientist, becomes the LTusca do- - Imestica.

Russian Army Food.In the Russian army two days a week

are observed, as fast3 Wednesdays andliridays en which day3 all tho soldiergets in the way of food is lentil sounand black bread and a drink consistingof water in which rye bread, has beensoaked. Spare AToinents.

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Legal Notices.

NOTICE.u. S. Xand Office, North Platte, Neb., )

January Gth, 1897.ConsDlainthsvine been entered nt this office by

'William J. Martin against Bans P. Nelson forabandoning his Homestead Entry No. 151X52, datedbeiitemucr lasn, ibvJ, upon tne soutbeost quarterof the northwest quarter and the northeast quarterot the northwest quarter and lots 5 and G, section6, township 30 north, range 84 west, in Uncolncounty. Nebraska, with a view to the cancellationof said entry, the eald parties are hereby sum-moned to appear at North Plctte, Neb., beforoRegister and Eeceiver, on the 20th day of Feb-ruary, LSIT. at 9 o'clock n. m.. to respond and furnish testimony concerning enid allesed abandonment. JOHN F. HINMAN..

S-- Berfster.

XOTICE.TJ. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb;, 1 '

JanuarylSth'1807. f"Complaint having been entered at this office br

Henreitla D. Nearv ncainst Jumes Bntim forabandoning his Homestead Entry No. 16526,. datedMay 3d, 18K2, upon the south east quarter section23, towusuip 13 north, range 31 west, in Lincolncounty. Nobraska. with a view to tho cancellationof said entry, tho said parties are hereby summoned to appear at Nortn Platte, Nob., beforeEcsister and Receiver on tho 27th day of February.18D7. at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond am' furnishtestimony concerning said alleged aba: 'onraent.

uOHNF. HINMAN.11-- 6. - Recister.

XOTICE FOll rUBLICATIO.Y.Land Office at North-.PJatte- , Neb.,

January leth. 1S97. fNotice is hereby given that the followlmr-name- d

settler has filed notico of his intention to mnka2nal proof in support of his claim,, and that saidproof wiU be mado beforo Regist- r- and Receiverat North Platte, Neb., on Febrno 27,. 1897, viz:

LAFAYETTE BOLKCOM,who made Homestead Entry 15630, for the west

alf of tho south west quarter section 8 and northwest quarter section 17, township 17, north rango29. Ho names tho following witnesses to provehis continuous residence npon and cultivation of,said land, viz: Albort P. Main, George M. Brooks.Dennis Brothers, and Silas Clothier, all nt TTpahJtNob. JOHN F. HINMAN.

0. Eeirlster.

PROBATE NOTICE.IS TOE MATTER OF THE ESTATE 1 -

OF X EEDE2UCK l . DCK, V

Deceased. iIn the County Court of Lincoln counrr. Nohrnufcn

Januar2t5th,I897- -Notice Is hereby civen. thai th crtmtT nt oni.t

deceased will meet the Executors of said estate,beforo the County Judge of Lincoln connty, Ne-braska, at the county court room, fn nlil mnniTon the 23th day of May. 18S7. on th ?th ,nv rJnne, 1S07, and on the 27lh day of July,. 1827, atone o'clock p. m. each day, for the purpose of pre-senting their claims for examination, adjustmentand allowance. Six months are allowed forcreditors to present4 their claims, and oneyear for tho Executors to settle said itntfrom tho 26th day of Jnnuarv. 18S7. Thawill be published- - In The Tridujie, a legalnewspaimr printed in said connty, for fourweeks successively, on and after January 29th.1897. JAMES M. n a v

Connty Jndge.T. C. Patterson, Attorney. J

LECAL NOTICE.Harry C. Lord. Fannie M. Lord. T r t.i r

T. J. Lord, his wife. John UofTnor.rinfonftnnt..' ntake notico that on the 1M day of February 1807Henry L. Bliss, nlnlctiff herein, flio.i hi. '.i.t-- Jin the district court of Lincoln county. Nebraskangainst said defendunls, tho object and prayer ofwhich aro to foreclose a certain mortgage execu-ted by Harry C Lord and Fannin a? t nswife, to Tho McKInley-Lanni- Ln rr:?Company upon the east half of tho VnHi,-- .!quarter and Lois ono and two of Section 30, Town-- fhip fourteen. Range thirty three West, in Lin olnCounty, Nebraska, to secure the payment of a cer-tain coupon bond dated Auimst 1st isvi .w.sum of i W0.0(l, and duo and payable in five years

turity; that.there Is now due upon said notn.. nn.imortgsge the sum of 18.00 with Interest at tencent from Aujmst 1st. inns, fnr ,r.7Vrpreys for a decreo that defendants bo required I topay the same, or that said nriml . 7, .satisfy the amount found doe. ' - . '

You are required to answer said petition on orbefore tho 15th doy of March, 1897.Dated February 2nd, 1897.

HENRY L. BLISS, Plainilff.13-- 1

DJ AHOS. u. Pattxrso,Attorney,

NOTICE OF SALE.In the matter of the estatn of Arnnitn. r

ish, deceased, notice Is hereby given that in nursuanco of an order of H. M. Grimes, Jndaa JDistrict Court of Lincoln county, Nobraska L olon the 30th day of December, 18, for th0 o!athe real estate hereinafter described thern iii v?sold at the east frontdoor of Tcoart-- w

North Plctte. Nhr.k. .hX 1"iSS7,atoneo''cIockp. m.of 7 Tdavendue to the highest bidder. E JS& P?,bllc

. . .1 II MJU XI11IOW.iul-- ucwnueu real esuio. Cntrlf. tm... o .

Quarter of the Northwest Quarter Vorthwest Quarter of the Southwest Onarf.?lots 2 and 3.) and tho East haU the , siH?la1Quarter all in Section 19. Township 9 NoHh TtRange 29 West. Saldnalr iiibouf. """"" open ona

Dated February 2nd, 1S97.

the estate of Mordlca C13-3-

urmsu, ueceased.

Carl Brodbeck,

DEALER IN .

Fresh Smoked atidSalted Meats. .

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Having-re-opene- d the Citv M&fMarket, opposite the Hotel Nevillo

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A sbart nF mm-- 4-- - -yucivnajje is re-

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