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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896,

. The county commissioners oL

Cheyenne county used the pruningknife on officers' salaries lasbweekrreducing- - the county superintendJnt'e cnlnrv about S300 and the

- tcounty attorney S150;

jIn Thursday'snssue of the Erathe populist county commissioners,will-hav- e an opportunity to explainwhy .they awarded the contract forthe county.publishing- - to theirpartySran at full legal rates when TheTribune offered to do the work forone-four- th the legal rate.- - WillHardin and Garrison explam to thetax-paye-rs why they refused tojsayethe county eight hundred dollars?

At the meeting- - of the assessorsin'March an attempt will be madeto have property assessed for 1898at-one-fif- th its actual value insteadof one-fourt- h, as has been the rulefor two years past. If theof Iincoln county are managed inan economical manner the rate oftaxation which prevailed prior to18 is ample to meet all require-ments. Taxes in Lincoln countyare too high; of this there is. noquestion and if the populists whocontrol the commissioners' boardcannot conduct the county business,withless funds than they haveliadfor two. years past, let them re-

sign Tand men appointed who havebusiness ability and capacity.

It is said that Lucien Stebbinswill this fall be a candidate for thepopulist nomination for state sena-tor from this district. Two yearsago Mr. Stebbins was nominated,foirrepresentative by the populistsmore for the purpose of "closinghis mouth" than anything else, andfew of them expected o see himelected, but he fooled them. Hewas not only elected, but he re-

fused to keep his mouth closed, anditold.to the public some Aery inter-esting facts concerning the dirtywork performed by the populistlegislators. In view of truths hetold of the ringsters in the, legis-lature it is not likely the populistsof this senatorial district will givehim the nomination this fall, Thefapt is Stebbins is too honest to bepopular in the populist pary.

Among the exports not dimimishVd by the operations of the Ding-le- y

tariff may be mentioned Amer-ican horses. Recent auction salesin New York, Cleveland and Chica-go indicate a much larger foreigndemand idr horses of speed, style,and finish than ever betore known.It is also noticeable that the homemarket for fine horses has improvedas a consequence of better timesand more money to spend for lux-uries. The increased 'foreign de-

mand is only another proof of thefacts that protection erects nobarriers against trade that are noteasily surmounted by superiority inthe quality of the articles offeredfor sale. If we have what the worldwants, and if the price suits, theworld will buy of us, whether it behorses," bicycles, locomotives, sew-ing .machines, watches, or food- -

this is found in the largely in-

creased volume of trade with, for--" V

eign countries since the enactmentof the Dingley lawsays the Ameri--ca- ri

Economist.

Ix Mr Bryan's speech at Chicagoon. Saturday we read' his desirethat the campaign of 1898 and thegreater one of i900 shall be fought

jrori the silver issue;pure;and simple.We react also his apprehension lestthis issue shall be complicated withthe banking question. His at-tempt to lug in Gen. Jackson andJits fight against the banks of theTJmtecL States is very signifi-cant, Jackson was one of the 4gold

bugs'of the period in which helived. - --The gold bill was passedby jhjs . friends during' his ad-

ministration and it bears hissignature Gold had been drivenout of circulation by the legal ratioof IB to one, and there was a loud

v.- - ,demand, especially among " theJacko-men- , that the ratio shouldbechanged in such, away as-t- o

banish : sil ver and supplant it withgdy.vi; Beaton was the leafier of

in the senate, andBefrtou was also the leader of theJackson weu in ihat body, liefoMSghl for the i gojd bill and securedits pfbssaeC To claim Jackson asaslTerite in4 tie' face oi "theser iiJ i i ; ii - i i.

aatae of history or a, remarkable&rtemerit - of 1 'cheek !V N, Y.

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S Ti Citre CwtiM&H ifofever..ak CaaoarsfeCady Oatbartia

or 25c KG. C.tfcfcMltorefaodamasy. - -

Vji0kjfe$i vSery far iht tbt fature,kmmSi'llki plating'oAioricaa.forests will become productive indus-try. Preservation of old forests, withtheir masses of dry underbrush and firs:nn!Knn font-- mic rf l ti 1aaroc "miIlk J XUlljS ibUKbbWVlW V. l v j

be, advisable for some reasons. Theimmense U33ses of firewood undoubted-- .

It tend, to collect snow, which, by its;gradual melting, furnishes a supply to

--the reeer? irs be6Rih the, surfaceof the groud. Snow thaws less quicklyKderf th shade oftrees than.in the1rhV wlighfe. Le5 wster, Aereforerruns to spply Hoods and freshets-tha- a

when the, snow is in4e to pass awayuall3Vv.)Siyi this question does not

,mffk;t thetiwbic iufirosts.Ini oldIfpreete, where there is a strug-

gle for --life anipf , the trees by rea&oaof thir growing- - thinly together,the reealt is. the necessity of waitingaay years before the trees will reacha size to make them desirable for tinirber purposes. "Where trees haye room togrow and are properly cared for mostkinds of American trees will furnishasefal timber in 20.or 80 years, .and forlaany other purposes they can , be em-

ployed even younger. It takes well onitb a century for thq struggling trees ina dense wood to have any marketablevalue.

While good timber is becoming grad-ually scarcer on account of our annualforest fires, rising from the conditionsalready stated, the demand is increasing;and, what is more remarkable, Europeis already calling on America for a sap-pl- y

of lumber. American oak especiallyis in great demand in the old world,while our black walnut is olosely fol-

lowing in its wake. Our lighter woodsalso such as the tulip tree and poplar

are coming into great demand therefoC"packing boxes and cases where lightweight is a great object. Those who arainterested .in forestry in our countryshould take up the matter of encourage-ment of forest planting. It will soon bea grea'fer question than forastLpreserva-tion- .

Median's Monthly.

ANCIENT POLITICAL RINGS."

OldeaTiaae Schemes Per Obtaining Wealthas4 Pewer. ,

The evil of monopolies and xings wasknows to .ancients, Aristotle referringto them in his "Politics," and then, asnow, it was found necessary to holdthem in check by legislation. The mo-

nopolist was in Roman law called adardanarius and punished under theLex Julia de Aunona. Monopolies ofclothing, fish and all articles of foodwere prohibited by the Emperor Zenounder pain of confiscation and exile, sothat it is certain that the "rings" ofthe ancient days were as mischievous, as

'they are now. At Athens a law lim-

ited the amount of a corn a man mightbuy. The earliest recorded instance wehave wasva corn "ring."

There is an ancient, tradition that theking who made, .Joseph his'prime min-ister and committed intohis hands theentire administration of Egypt wasApepi. Apepi was oue of the shep-

herd kings and ruled oyer the whole ofEgypt as Joseph's pharaoh seems tohave done. The primemiuister duringseven years of remarkable plenty boughtnp every bushel of corn beyond the ab-

solute needs, of the Egyptians and storedit. During the terrible famine that fol-

lowed he was able to get his own priceand bartered corn successively for theEgyptian mppey,. cattleand laud, and,taking one-fift- h for pharaoh, made himsupremely wealthy. It was not merelya provident act, but a very politic one,his policy being to centralize power inthe monarch's hands. London An-swers.

ABtlfat 2Ir. !SaRtlBKs Joke.The late George von Buusen, the ac-

complished and delightful son of thebaroness whose "Life and Letters" arewell known in America, once told mean anecdote of tbejate Princess Maryof Teck and the celebrated Banting.The princess became, in her middle lifeenormously stoat, and finding her'weight a burden fried several methodsof reducing it At last, haying heardmuch of Banting, she sent for him. Shewas surprised to see that he was stillextremely" bulky, and after a few civilpreparatory remarks she said, "Butyour system has not made you very thin,Mr. Banting."

"Allow me, madam, said. Banting.And proceeding to "unbutton his coathe disclosed a large wire structure overwhich , the garment, fitted. Inside wasthe real Banting, incased in anothercoat..

"This, madam," said he, pointingwith pardonable satisfaction to hiscage, "was my size before I commenceddieting. ' ' He than nimbly disembarrass-- ,

ed himself, of ;his.framework and stood,before tlie royalllady exhibiting his ele-gant, figure

Apparently the interview led to noth-ing but.amuemHt, for the good Duch-ess of Teck remained very stout to theend of her days. Exchange.

GfettiBff Ready.--Mr. Wiggles. I ordered two dinner

Eets sent home today, Maria.MrsT Wiggles Two dinner jsetsr

Why, Joshua Wiggles, --- are you crazy?What iii the world do we want of two

more-dinne- r sets?Mir Wiggles Why, didn't you tell

ine yesterday-tha- t you were going awaynext wek to be gono a month? 1 wantto hava dishes enough in the house sothat I won't have to wash xny whileyou are away. Somervillo Journal.

Gin is alcohol flavored with juniperberries, coriander, almond cake, an-geli-

root, licorice, cardamoms, cassja,cinnamon, grains of paradise and cay-;n-ne

,pejper. Other substances are oftenised, together with alum, sulphate of

zinc and acetate of lead.

As a rule a man's hair turns grayfive years sooner than a woman's.

:homxikixs' excumiokx.. Tickets will be sold on the firstand third Tuesdays of January,February and March via .the UnionPacific to points in Missouri, Arkan-saSsrlndia- n-

Territory, Oklahoma,Texas, L,ouisiaa, Arizona and2Jew' jSfexicqf where thevininimuairound triprajbe i00 0, afen ' at--

fare thf -- trphts; 2.166 ---

For exact Jetrtfpry and;fnil" in-iorma- iioa

ockets call on, or? id-- J

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SO THAT THE PEOPLE MAY KSOWTo Uw;HooraT!.Bird of Ouaty

" LicolB for North Platte Tribune for ONB-FOUKT- H

I . the legal or atetutory rate. This includes, the publication of road notiose, .election notice, delinquent tax-lis- t, treasurer's statement and sueh other

'boUom legally ordered byit he repectivo county ofRcer8;the .eommijon-- ;mml proodiBg to:be published free of ehargo to the county. For thefaithful pecforaMBoe of the work I agree to furnish a good a'nd aufRcieat

This bid oontraot

FOR ORDER IN THE COURT.

A groteit AgjrfiiBt Praytle Dome trx--

There ' k a practice the universalIffevaleoce of tich in oui existingtrials by jwry makes v justice Msno.-ine- r.

It" is"a practice whose oviig,r;sofar a' I '

oan-disopve- r, have never beencommented upon, or even .appreciated;by; tlier press, puhlic or individuals. Irefer to the whole" method by which,right or wrong, innocence or gailt issought to be provedby the coansel oneitlier side. ?

Assume, for instance, a criminal casefor the same method is applied,

though usually "to a lesser degree, tocivil' contests. Beginning 'with the

.opening arraignment by "the prosecu-tion, thence t through the. examinationand cross examination of .the' witnesses;the display of exhibits, on to the very'end of the final harangues of the oppos-ing counsel,- - the dramatic is never lostsight of.

The emotions, not the intelligence, ofthe juros are appealed to throughout.

In a typical murder "case which re-

cently gratified the morbidly sensationalelement "of the entire country the dis-

trict attorney arose impressively,glauced aboafehim ominously and then,with a tremulously tragio voice, proceed-ed to arraign the accused, charging himoutright with the crime, practically

without doubt that' ho wasguilty and endeavoring bythcuse ofevery wile of the orator's art to swaythe jury to his. mode of thinking. Andthis before the minutest bit of evidencehad been taken,.

Is eloquence a proper adjunct to ourjurisprudence?

Heretic though I may be, I hold, em-

phatically and with qualification that it.is not. It has no place in a hall of jus-tice, where, we are led. to believe, thetruth and only the. truth is to he broughtout. Eloquence, as manifested by ora I

tory, is inimical to truth, which canonly be discoyerea ana estauiisuea uycalm, unprejudiced and dispassionateinvestigation.

Eloquence appeals to the emotions,and its victories are obtained by trick-ery the triokery of masterful verbiageplaying upon, sensitive but unreasoning;ears.

The claim that cannot be justified be-

fore the reason cannot be Talitl. Elo-quence is the weapon of 'falsity. Truthand right doiot require its use. Thesphere of eloquence is the stage. In theprilprit, -- before the bar of justice aud inthe hall of legislation it is a source ofunlimited.evil.

I hold that for the accomplishmentof justice all the theatric displays, aHeloquence, s to the emotionsshould be banished from, our 'courts oflaw-b- y sentiment if not by regulation..They have no place thera

Judicial procedure should be alongthe lines similar to "the investigation ofscientific propositions and discoveries.The establishment of right or wrong,guilt or innocence, is something to beeffeoted by cold,. prosaic, rigid inquiry,step by step, as analogous as may be tomathematical demonstration.

We shall have to" wait long for thetime when this is recognized, but it willbe in the indefinite future, and whenthat time does come we may bo moreconfident that our courts of justice aresuch in something more than name.Criterion.

Persecuted by, Office Seekers."The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet

.Members Wife" is one of the most in-- ,

teresting contributions to The Ladies'Home-Journa- l. In a series of letters thewife of a cabinet member writes to hersister of office seekers and of those inthe departments. "You can have noidea,"rshe anonymously declares, "howHenry (her husband) is persecuted byapplicants for his influence with thepresident: or with the heads of depart-ments. He really has "no influence, out-side of his own department, .and ho is

."wearing his sympathies into tatters lis-tening to tales of woe. vThe saddest casethat' has come "under my own observa:tion is that of arinaideri lady, fullyBO;years old, who has worked in the de-- :

Jartmenfs ever ncQ the war. Seriato-- .

rial --influence -- has kept her in all these'years, but uowthatrthe ciyil service re-

forms are being introduced sheis in, de-

spair, for, although perfectly coinpe-tohta- t

her work, she'never-i- n the,worl9could pass one of those- - rigid" examinations. She called upon me bearing a letn

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Tolsom Mary Allison), who marriediuto one of I don'tJcnqw whether heV family lost theirmeans by the war orin EonWother waybut:fhey did lose" everything when shewas a gay.giriiruiov top oi society jdboth. Alexandria, ud Washington. Shetold me about dancing in a set of lancers opposite ' Abraham .Lincdln, who,BDoagu aw&waro. uanaT angmar in; pisdancing, "seemed to enjoy it and 'alwaysfhadVgay word for evaybody. 'Siie saysher feeling forMr. Lincoln was some-- "

thing more than respect it was morelike, adoration; that shehas often won-dered if people did no feel just sq.-tO- ;. ,

ward the great religious propbef3 whamust have spread abroad what JMr Lin"

V? - - - a Tcom am an atmospnere oi sympatneuckindness, trust, purily'and nobility.'' "

Wuaaaker TarBe4l Urleks.The early days of JohV Wanamaker

were not easy by any means. When onlyaladof o'vears. he made bricks, or, rather, assisted hi making them, for his busi-ness was to turn them in the suu antilthey were evenly .baked. --For this laborhe received 2 ccnte a.day Hud;eometimescleared. 10 cents.a weekbatitmust .be J

remmtweddays when th force otyoothfat"work-men" Bad to be laid off. John's firsjreal rise to fdrtwe was in the dayswhea, a' office -- boy; h saved, money ofenough to start for himielf.'He; worked m aaejgtfMat'ia "the oftoe nnta he iad'iiM4d;Bp to a wekr aa4tten, aoeiug'that Im oevld get"o --note;'Jie bought a: little atock of clieap fttrni- -tara- - ao'atarled 'H-t- o b;a 'werekiuit.

TWttelwrt IMspatch.; , i r . --i

North PM&MbjRaitSeetiLhawwfcafi.to.puWMhaftbyeaiwrinrtbe

waicaoridiSd.the

theoldfainilieffhere.

Curauiora: -

given, to th'eJBra at fall legal fate. ?

DU RATION OF HtJ MAN LIFE,

A Mas MJck(FMibly Live teHrOse, UHadred d TWety-flv- e Years Old.

In the average statistics of human lifeit has been.fouhd thatfwomen live Iongerthan mm. The reason for that appears to ;be.simple. --7 .

' Up to the age of 20'to 25 Ihe mahis,nhdoubtedly;younger and lees develop--e- d

thatf thii woman, iut in the next 20or, SO "years 'of his life the man agesmuch more- - rapidly, because apart fromthe strain and hardship of a profession,the exposure to "uhfiealthful climates,the disappointments of fortune-- , he of;ten' leads a life of dissipation and excess which early puts its stamp uponhis forehead and turns his hair gray before its time. The" woman, on"the otherhand, who has 'often more than hershare, of anxieties; has, aparc-fro- m themany accidents of life; but one" seriousand inevitable danger, that of the perpetuatioh of her race, which, safelypassed, renovates rather than ages' andincreases a woman's chance of longerity.

From the few facts, that I have ventured to put togeth'erwo may deduce, Ithink, the following conclusions, which,I trust, may be found of some interestby those who desire to have a generalview of, the expectation of life, its realduration and the possible causes of itslength and brevity.

First. That, according to the bestauthorities of the last century, the extreme limit of life-mig-

ht be 125 yearsuuder'extraordiuary and almpst-abno- r

mal circumstances.Second. That the, anticipation of life

"is roughly five iime3 the time that theorgans of the body not counting thebrain, which develops later require toattain their full and absolute maturity.This, of course, varies not only in races,but in individuals, some developingearly and some inuch, later, even in thesame climate and. in the same family.

Third. That rarely, if ever, is thatfull duration achieved, owing to disease, food, heredity, bad habits, wearand tear and many other causes whichshorten life.

Fourth. The slower the develonmentthe longer may be the duration of life.

Fifth. That all human beings arenot born with the capacity for long lifeewn under the most favorable. circumstances. As the organism of the humanbeing is more cordplex than that of thelower animals, so his anticipation oflife is far more variable. ,

Sixth. That these circumstanceswhich conduce to longevity are undoiibtedly late development, frugarhabits, moderation, exemption from vicissi-tudes of climate and extreme of heat orcold, from, mental worry and agitation,temperaturo iu, eating and drinking,witn a rair amcmit'Oi Drain worK wnenthe brain is ready to 'undertake it.

We have all heard the well worn ax-

iom attributed to the Psalmist that the"days of manure threescore and; ten, "but in Genesis vi, 3, wfll be found tjiefollowing passage, " Yet his days shallbe an hundred and twenty years."This passage seems to have, been over-looked, as I have xarely seen it quoted,although curiously enough it exactlycorresponds to the theory that manshould attain five times the period ofreaching his maturity. NineteenthCentury. "

The DisSffariag "Slake Up."So long as we indulge in the barbar

ism of footlights some strengthening ofthe points of. the face may be needful.It is indeed an excellent thing whendeftly done and the material causes ofthe effect entirely hidden, as they shouldbe. The clarity of "a whiter tintrto thegeneral tone of the skin, the illumina-tion of eye and teeth by emphasizingthe brow andjashes and lips, the height-ening of the color all these things canbe so done-a5- ' to disguise the means bywhich they :aro dbne. What, is themethod actually pursued? White is laidall over faco and sbpulders-i- n thickwashes, like' n Pierrot's mask, massesof black pomade joa'd the eyebrows andeyelashes, great gobs of red.are put uponthe ear .lobes, and- - on and around thelips likaa snapdragon, deep pink in and

.umuw biJti jiubtrjis uuu uu 1110 uyeuus..and masses-of- " black or purple beneaththe eyes, projecting to the. templerinarrowheads. " f,

AlMhese things arq perfectly visibleto a large purtof thp audience and aredisfiguring 'even ata? distance. With ahopera glass:they are shocking. The obje-

cts-which are pj&ained are the gog-

gling of. the eyes, which can be thrownabout with. fher intensity of a darky's,and'tho display of thev ivories, which

,produce a similar effect to his. Forpas-.sio-n

to show iteelf in such plasteredface's, for waves of" emotion to spread

"ovear them- - and for any refinement offeeling to communicate itsejf to the au-dience, are asimppssible as it would 'beto expect these things ffonifhe paintedcanvas. They-cariiiof- c cry, of course, nortouch, nor d,. withoutdisaster;Ellen Terry played a disfiguring tscenehere one night, witbthe water streaming from an eye info which her loadedeyelashes had discharged themselves.'Time and "the" Hour; r "

A PertlaeBt QHMtiea...Olcl Aunt Dinah was a colored wom-

an with a remarkably strong voice whowould-sin- g andcry "glory" with suchvigor as to be heardabove 'all the rest,of the congregation, but she was of anunpleasantly "saving" disposition. Itwas tho custom at ry meet-ings which she attended to. take up thecollection during the singing of thehymn "Fly abroad, thou niighty go-spel," in the midst of which-AuntjJ)i-n- ah

always threw, back, her head, closedher eyes and ang away at the top ofb'eS lungs untirtl?e plate had been pass- -

ed'The colIect6f;ewho aa an old manplaiu speech, oberFed thia habitrand

one evening when: he.cwe to her seathe ;gwveyl2ber'rapt.:eOTateaBee andihsahlaBtly,. AuntDinah,., what's de good-o- b yp'ai abroad, tbpa --jBightyfI--?oSjaoagih'- n taittakeer ny?"--

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Fair..

CREAM

DMCnroA Pare Grape Creaa ef Tartar Pewfcr.

40 YEARS THEISTANDARD

MADE IN iflNIATUEE.

5UPIOUS MICROSCOPIC MARVELS

ACHIEVED BY INGENIOUS MEN..

Peter Kstncs Tells Sea Ywy Jwfcy, rics About Jehm Mailer The 5Syer Grw:

Ibx Sqiwd ef Chrry Stoa Workers A

WoHderfal Xalfe.

Perhaps the-jnos-t pievalent mania of

men gifted with meohanical ingenuitytakes the Ehapo of accomplishing or at-

tempting to accomplish in mihiaturothe mightiest feats of engineering thathuman hands have ever set up. The en-

thusiast in miniature regards the Forthbridge, for example, not as a utilitarianmasterpiece, but as a. model to be fol-

lowed and copied in all the materialssupplied by a threepenny bit, and the985 feet of Eiffel tower neith'er fillsJiisbreast w awe uorjiorror, but isijra-gard- ed

as a choice subject to.be,.oon-structe- d

in miniature out of bent penand the shell of a walnut.

Of the mediaeval mechanicians Johnfuller,, better known, in, the. trade as

JRegioniontanus, which one must admitsounds Well for one of his craft, wholiyed in the fifteenth century, was with-out doubt the Jfaskelyne and Cook oftho period, or at all events, he had as abiographer a writer of greater imagina-tion than the other less fortunate geniiof that era. Peter Samus, tho writer inquestion, not only credits John Jlullerwith fashioning a wooden eagle, whichon the occasion of tho Emperor Max-

imilian visiting Nuremberg flew out tomeet him, saluted him in due formhowever that may havo been and thenturned round and accompanied the pro-cession to the city gates, but further as-

serts that the same individual turnedout an iron flyWhich, having flown a perfect xoundabont.With weary wings returned unto her master.

We are inclined to think, allthingaconsidered, that Peter Bairius had themakings of a very fine creator of 'exciting fiction in him aud that, it was a sadpity ho allowed his gift to bo wasted in

"compiling a biography of a 100 years'deceased automata artificer m place offorestalling the friend of our youth, 1LJules Verne.

The cherry stone has been a favoritesubiect for tho worker in miniaturesince Hadrianus Junius' saw at Mechlin''a cherry stone cut into the form ofbasket, in which were 14 pairs of dice--

distinct, the spots and numbers of, whichwero easily to be disceruecUwith a goodeye." A museum in Massachusetts hasamong its" other possessions a cherrystone containing a dozen, silver spoons.As the stouo is of the ordinary size thespoons are eo small that their shape can'only ho admired by the aid of a microscope. Other remarkable cherry stonesare the ones carved all over with 124heads, mostly of popes and potentates,and the one fashioned by a topmaker atNuremberg, which contains a man ofSevastopol, a railway station and the"Messiah" of Blopstcck, is indeed mul- -

turn in parvo.A tiny vessel has been made of late

years by an Italian jeweler who camointo possession of a pearl that naturehad caused to tako upon itself tho shapeand. contour of a boat. A. sail of beatengold studded with diamonds, a binnaclelight of ruby and emerald, mid a rud-der of ivory complete the structure,which weighs less thai! an ounce alltold. We recently saw it stated that thesmallest steam engine in' the world isone of an upright f.attern, made of sil-

ver and gold and resting on a 25 centgoldpiece. The diameter of tho cylinderis one forty-eight- h part of an inch;stroke,-- one thirty-secon- d of an inch;weight, one eighth of a gruu; bore cfcylinder, .3125 of a square inch.. Thoengine can be worked either by steam

.or compressed air, ami cu, tunue 01

Peter Bainus tho balance-whe- el ofone-thir- d of an inch diameter is said tomako i,t?60 revolutions' per minute.

In 181'C a knife was mudc at Messrs.Travisr& Son's, Manchester, containingthree blades, buttonhook, saW, punch,screwdriver, box, corkscrew, .hcok. andgimlet, two phlemohs, a species of lan-

cet, picker and two more lancets with aring at the head. The knife, "wo learn,was only eleven-sixteent- hs cf .an inchlong and weighed 1 pennyweight 14

grains. At this end""of the centurySheffield can boast of a dczcu pairs ofshears, each so minute, that they, alto-

gether weigh less than half a grain, ifreport speaks true.

Of examples or microscope writing,there is-n- o end, but one of the most fa-

mous is mentioned by Pliny, who saidthat Cicero had once, seen. Homer's"Iliad" in a uutshe'll. In order to prove

.tho truth of this a French writer named'Huet- - experimented in the presence ofthe dauphinrwhose-tutor-'hew- as in?3 G.70. He first showed' that 6 piece-- ofjsheepskin 10 by 8 inches can be foldedi- -

up to fit tho shell of a walnut, and then;proceeded to prove that he could get 250 Jstanzas of 30 verses.to a btanza on each!

,side of the pararor ?.5dQ verses on- -

each side. Of mk yapttlfli iu miuia-- ;tnre Carel van ManBr;,. tha sixteenthsicentury painter auu uisiorrau, quotes..the landscape, paiated by Lucas vanHeere'swife. Tkjs work of art repre- -

seated a mill with'jauls bent, the miller appearing as ubM ting the stairs;loaded with aatL.'A car fr: and horse.were seen npsu tM.tMrajipou which Jthe mill was nxeti Men-tn- e road sev-- jeral peaTlts--MO- ni ndrsTlflS whole

: was perfeotlf distinct ,ad,accurately jfiaished, and. yet sominata that it couldjbe covered with one grain of corn.Surely that niotV mieroeoopio artist, M.lJut van Beers, mast be descended fromtbe faic wtiaier .of sry 1

Wk oTart.

TOSSED, BY E HURRICANE.

Merm. iwCnlprS tk Wwritii.

sTv J&eiuwhhad been chaaetlpawetteM" towu ikera a financial hiibri-can- e

hit it met. for the first time inyears in- - a Sixth avenue eating hotieethe other day. la the days of their pros-perity one of them was a political leveraud was called colonel. He had been onthe governor's staff. The other-- someway had acquired-- the title of captainBoth had' front seats in every event ofthe town ia which they bad lived. Thegovernor's otwuBeat, is bow a pfeia

'bookkeeper street. The other.mjML is a dry goods clerks

Aster, weenoas,. axpianMious-aad'-

JmcHiifal perfcheA de--

lits,.jByrhad a conibiuation jneal, andychi donVkBOw'wlMrt that is yon hava

never had any trble, and any.one whocasts a shadow is worse, thaa a heatbes.When ;the meal. ,was over, tke two oldfriends walked oat and stood for a fewminutes under the splutter 01 aa arolight. As they were, parting the manWhphsed to ride the big -- bay horse inthe .governor's parade, and who hadcoramaadcd. tke populace of his town toetaadi, back,: said in a low, xnonmerliketoner't "If you como to see me, don't, callme colonel. Kobody knows me us colo;nel now. I am inst an employee on asalary. "

The arc light spluttered again as thelittle man replied in a squeaky, hallbedroom voice J

. "And if you come to seo me just call'me, 'Say, you!' That's what everybodycalls me. in tho store."

"Well, goodhy, captain."' ' Sorlong, colonel. ' 'It was the first time they had heard

the titles in years and each walkedaway with a lighter step and lighterheart. New York Sun.

DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN LIFE.

Xe Virtue Ja Oae's Dally Actios UnlessIt Is Established Im the Seal.

,fThV6btigatictf5and duties of theChristian life are. not all external,"writes Cardinal Gibbons, pointing out areligious life to young men, in The La-dies' Home Journal;- - "They are mainlymaterial and must, proceed "from theheart. There is no virtue in one's dailvaetions 'wles.hi t beiwst established intejsoni;au is ociy.au ieniHi expres-si?o- f

;the soal.'s convictions or prolon-gation of heartfelt sentiments. Yet theexternal practice of Christian virtuesand the performance of Christian dutiespertain to the integrity, if not to the es-

sential character, of the Christian life.The interior sentiments soon perishwithout external expression, as life andbodily powers become extinct withoutdue and proper exercise or employment

"However, as the external duties arenot absolutely' and under all circum-stances essential, they vary both innumber and frequency according to en-

vironments and opportunities. A busi-ness man cannot daall that a clergy-man is expected to do, a man in tradenot what a man in leisure can accom-plish nor a man of the world all that ispossible and easy to one who keeps him-self from society. But all, no matterwhere, no matter what their engage-ments and secular pursuits, how littleor how much time they can call theirown, can and are. obliged to "performdaily acts of prayer and religion andaccomplish many duties of virtue andcharity. There is no condition of lifewhich is incompatible with the dictatesand principles and precepts of theChristian life"

A. AIea:icH Custom ea Good Friday.f Mrs. Sara Y. Stevenson contributes toThe Century an article on "Maximilian's Empire," oue. of a series devotedto the French intervention in Mexico.In describing the scenes that followedthe siege of P,aebla Mrs. Stevenson says

It was a Mexican custom on GoodFriday to burn Judas in effigy on thePlaza, Mayor. Judas was a manikinmade in the shape of the person whohappened to he most unpopular at thetime. It was quite admissible to burnJudas under different shapes, and sometimes these summary autos-da-f- e weremultiplied to suit the occasion and the,temper of the people. At the same timerattles were sold on the streets and universally bought aliae by cniidreu andadults, by rich and - poor, to grind thebones of Judas, and the objectionablenoise second in hideousness only tcthat of our own sending off of firecrackers on the Fourth of July was reli-giously kept up all day. In the yearofour Lord 1863 Judas was burned inMexico on 'the Plaza Mayor under theshapes of General Forey, Napoleon III,and last, but not least, M. Dubois de"Saligny, who especially was roastedwith a will amid the wild execrationsof thepopulace.

The Light Side of Natare.SiddjrI wonder if wo .should find

any babies, Katie, if we dug np thesegooseberry- - bushes?

Katie-r-Babi- es den't como out oigopsejierry lushes, Siddy.

Si'ddy Well, where do they comefrom, then?

Katie Why, from the big shop?, oicourse.. Haven't you seen printed oversome., cf them, "Families supplied?"- --

Sketch.i r

. Crazy to Go.

"Did Miss Flavilla seem pleasedwhen' you asked-

-

her to' go to the theat-

er?."-"Pleased? .She wanted to keep the

tickets for fear something might hap-

pen to me." Chicago Record.

Her Motive.

"That Bascomme woman ia alwaysniakingher husband tell, her that heloves her right before folks.

"Yes: she knows thatit is an awfulexasperation to him to say it." Indian- -

apol is 'Journal.

The churches of Naples are so over-

run with mice that most of the pastorshave-bee- obliged to keep cats in them,at the risk of provokiog comic sceneslike those sometimes, witnessed in theaters a cat walks across tbe

Two MIlUeHs a Year.When people buy, try, and buy again,

it means they'ra satisfled. The peopleof the ,Uaitsd States are now buyins;Cascarets Candy Cathartic at the rateof two, million boxes a year sad it will bethrW million, before New Year's. Itmeans merit 'proved,. that Cascarets arethe most delightfuf tpijrel 'regulator forevery body the year, round.. AH drug-gie- ts

iOe", 26c.. 50c. a box, curs , guar' 'anteed.

w

have already suc-ceeded, ia Tiding a.single wheel, orHnicycle, for shortdistances. lit yearsto come tbe aicy---

cle may beeomeaa common, a.

--- v isode of lece-ttoti-oajo-m- r a j as- - tke

bicycle. Oalya"fcw-- years are

people would,have teagtted atthe idea, that

'Jp all the worldIf fv-- JL J --wow

t ,oruywa

It k not ut me--ehaaks atone , ti--tt

the world is mafciug rapid progress. Netsaay years ago all physicians proeouiKedeoaowmpti- o- - rttcarabl& disease. To-fe- y

a hwge proporttoe of people recognize thatit is" a" distinctly curable disease. DoctorPierce's Gofcien Medical Discovery cures98 per cent.' of all cases of coasumptioa.ItMs stood the test for thirty years. Thou-sands ofpeople who were giren np by theirdoctors, and had lost all hope owe theirlives to this marvelous ramedr. It actsdirectly on the lungs, driving out all im-parities and disease germs. It restores theappetite, corrects all disorders, of the diges-tion, strengthens tbe weak stomach, makesthe assimilation of the life-givin- g elementsof the food perfect, invigorates the liver,purifies the blood and tones, the nerves. Itis the great blood-mak- er and- - flesh-builde- r.

It does not make flabby flesh like cod liveroil, but the firm; mascalar tissue of abso-lute health- - An.hoaest dealed will notoSeryott an inferior --substitute fer tlpe sakeof a httle added profit,

- fiHiss JMaiy w iwunaa, ot jwmw. wm,Praaa Co..n: Y.. writes: "Par" nearly tHmonths I have had a bad' cough, and Instead cgetttag tatier, it grew worse. IwassakltohavccoasumpdoB. T tried Dr. Pierce's Golden Med-- "ical Discovery, and when the secoad bottle wasempty I had no cough and was cured."

Or Pierce's Syttetof good health",

and good health is largely 3 mattecof beahhyactivity of the bowete. Dr. Piacce's Pleasantrenew care coasupauon. iney are sue, swtand speedy. and once taken da not have to be-taken always. One little "Pellet" is a gentlelaxative, and two a mild ;-r- 4 .cathartic They never pil IpfQ 'gripe. Drnggistssell them. VllV3Li5

U. P. TIME TABLE,":

GOIXG XAfT CEKTK.V--. TIME.No. 28 Freight 6:00 avm.No. Faet Mail 8:&o n.-m- .

No. -- Atlantic Express.... IWO p. m.GOIXG WEST MOUNTAIN TIME.

No.23-Fre4- ght.. 7:0 a, m.No. 2t Ereijrht .. 30p.m.No. 1 Limited. -- . 3:55 p. m.No.3-Fastls- :ail 11:20 p.jn.

N, B. O--DS. Agent.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

jyLJ.W.BTJTT,DENTIST.

Office over First ITatioBel Bask,

NOTH PLATTE. NEB. .

jgEDELIi & THORPE,

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,Offices: North Platte National Bank

Building, North Platte, Neh.

P. E, DENNIS, M. D.,

HOMOEOPATHIST,Over Pirst Natl aaal Baak,

NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA;

ILCOX & HADLIGAN, .

ATT0ENEY8-AT-LA- .

rfOBTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA

OAae over North Platte NattoaalBaai

DR. N. F. DONAIdOSON,

Assistant Sargeoa Unloa Paeleand Member of Peaslos Beard,

NOBTB PLATTE, - - - - NEBRASKA.. OAce over Strelfe's Drag Store. -

g B.NORTHRUP,

Di5NTIST. : . ;

McDonald Building, Spruce. streetNORTH PIATTB; NEB.

JjlRENCH & BALDWIN,

ATTORNE YS --AT-LA W, .

ifOETH PLATTE, . - - --fEBBASKA.Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.

C. PATTERSON,T.KTTORNEY-HT-LPl-- -,

Office over Yellow FronfShoe Store,'. NORTH PLATTE, NEB.

D, M. HOGSETT

Gontfaetop and Builde

AND AGENT FOR

ECLIPSE and FAIRBANKS'

WINDMILLS.

NORTH PLATTE. NEB.

BROEKBR'S SUITS. i

ALWAYS 'EIT, V.

: ,- -

We have, been making garments fern

North Platte citizens, for over twelsce

years, and it our work and prices were-- .

not satisfactory we would not be here:to-da- y. We solioit your trade.

F. J. BROEKER,MERCHANT TAILOP

J. F. PILLION

Plumber, Tioworbr

General Hepaii cr. 'Spccjatatteiition jjiven ti

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