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, 1891-08-04
NEBRASKA NEIGHBoRs.
How They Make n Good Thing Out
of Cattle Brands.

The newspaper agitation regarding the
r~ustlers' depredatioHs on stock is already
bearing fruit. Some damaging state
ments were given to Secretary Ijams of the
stock commission regarding a certain man
who was suspected of doing some spring
rustllng. Mr.. ljams wrote to a neighbor
of the suspected party concerning him and
received rather a peculiar reply. In some
manner the suspected maniound out that
suspicion was directed towards him and to
square himself he wrote a six page letter
to MIR. ljams accounting for his wherea-
boutsfor each day of the past four months.
The Nebraska and Dakota r~ustlers who
live just across the Wyoming line have a
new and effective manner of stock steal
ing. The plan is to have recorded in
those states brands identically similar to
the brands OF the big cattle outfits on the
when the Wyoming cattle get into Ne
braska they round them up and put them
their range with cattle Of the same
brand, and think that nothing can be
done.
NJ. NJ. Mason has a ranch on Lower
Horse creek with the cattle branded T U
and a Nebraska nelghbor has the same
brand recorded at the county seat OF his
home. The other day the Nebraska
neighbor rode over to Mr.. Mason's ranch
and told the men there that he would like
to borrow some T U branding irons, as he
had found some of his calves unbranded,
just across the line. The use of the iron
of course refused.
, 1891-08-04
PICKING OUT sPRINTERs.
The CHEYENNE Firemen win Send Two
Teams to Rock Springs.

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, 1891-08-04

The knights of Pythias lodge Of Chey-
cnne has made elaborate arrangements
for the meeting at Laramie Aug. 10.
The boys will have a special car and ex-
pect to have a delegation composed of
at least sixty members. The Uniform
Rank will probably turn out thirty five
strong. The full Union Pacific band has
been engaged to furnish the music for the
knights to march to. The Cheyenne
lodge will undoubtedly have the largest
visiting delegation at Laramie.
, 1891-08-04

A stoutly built man with a very self
reliant air attracted some attention at the
depot yesterday by eccentricity displayed
in his dress. He wore a rather low
crowned but broad boweled beaver OF the
vintage of l776. The fur was brushed
the wrong way of the hat so that it bore a
resemblance to the style affected by Uncle
Sam. A number Of rings, some OF which
were originally intended for female adorn-
ment, glittered on his fingers. HIS manly
breast was almost literally swathed in
watch chains which terminated in various
pockets, including those of his trousers.
The chains were almost spectacular in
their dimensions. Beyond this the man,
who was middle aged, was attired in a
very modest business suit.
Inquiry developed the fact that the
rather gaudY individual is named McCar-
thy and is an owner of race horses. He was
bound for his home in San Francisco.
Fortunately there wasn't a quorum of the
Platform club present and Mccarthy was
permitted to escape.
, 1891-08-04

The summary of the weather reports
for July as reported by Observer +. NJ.
Ravonscraft is as follows: Mean temper.
ature for the month 65 degrees, highest
81 degrees on the 2lst, lowest A degrees
on the 18th and 18th. The prevailing di-
rection of the wind has been south, the
greatest velocity being t~hirty-four miles
per hour on the Goth. The total precipi,
tation for the month was one inch. The
number OF cloudless days was IL, partly
cloudy II and cloudy ..
, 1891-08-04

ii. l.. Bartlett, formerly manager of
the coal chutes at Green River, has taken
charge of the companv's coal chutes in
Cheyenne. Mr.. Perry Spidle, formerly
the foreman. has handed in HIS resigna-
ton.
A slight freight wreck near North
Platte delayed the west bound train about
three hours yesterday afternoon.
, 1891-08-04

Judge Riner received a telegram yes
terday from Judge Dundy in which the
latter stated that he would arrive here on
this afternoon train from the east. Judge
DundY had forgotten about the new tint
card through which the train leaves
omaha au hour earlier, aud the result
was that he missed connections.
Dan Fallen and Mr.. Ward were yester-
day made citizens in the United States
court.
, 1891-08-04
Dend wood

The sleeper from Deadwood will be run
through ii the Northwestern change their
time card to correspond with the Union
Pacific time card on the Cheyenne &
Northern. The train time on the Chey-
enne 4 Northern has bcen shortened
about forty MINUTES between Orrin June
ton and Cheyenne and the train now
runs at an average speed of about twenty
two miles an hour.
, 1891-08-04

Mr.. w. A. White who was called to
Raymer last Friday by the death of his
brother returned yesterday. His brother
met his death In a yery peculiar manner
Mr.. Whites father and his family had
moved from one house to another, and
had sent two younger sons aged 10 and
IA years back to their old home after some
books that had been forgotten. The bows
to take home. when the youngest found
found the books and had them packed up
a loaded % caliber revolver in the closet.
He picked it up and while playing with
it, accidentally pulled the trigger. The
IA year old brother was passing a window
on the outside at the time and received
the ball from the revolver in his brain and
died almost instantly.
, 1891-08-04

Ed Sharp, who took a party OF Dicnick-
ers to the Natural Fort on Sunday, killed a
big rattlesnake near the entrance to the
fort. The snake was three and one-half
feet in length.
A surprise awaits visitors to the fort in
the shape of an entrance fee of 81 for
each wagon entering.
, 1891-08-04
List CH.4yCE

NOiU Is certainly yOwF
last chance for custom
sCOrh at theprtces Helm an
IS Offering. $50 suits at
S32, 500 for $35, $I3 for
S2S, SIS for $29 and eUey.y-
Ektns i'm proportion. See
the lCindOIU.
, 1891-08-04

l desire to thank my friends and neigh,
bors for their kind assistance during the
bereavement caused by the death of my
wife. AL. HINCKER.
, 1891-08-04

Telephone to AbDey & Johnston's and
get a nice team for an afternoon drive.
, 1891-08-04
M SEsT Naf W EMH

There is a way of being abs6-
lutely sure that the shoes you buy
are worth at least as much as you
pay for them. You may not be
able to tell good leather from bad;
you may not know the difference
between a high grade shoe and
an article of rougher make, and
yet it is your own fault if you are
imposed upon. You cannot be
expected to detect those diff
ferences in material which make
such II material difference, but
you can at least take the pre-
caution of making your purchases
where Misrepresentation are
never for n moment tolerated.
You will be more than pleased
with the immense assortment and
low prices on high grade goods
tn no Snan only OF
, 1891-08-04

Ncttie L. Earhardt to William T.
Croft, forty acres in section 2S..$ 1906
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TEMPTING THE ALLIeAroRs.
PrOverbiaI careIessness of Foreigners In
the Southern Marshes.

PrOverbiaI CareIessness OF Foreigners In
the Southern Marshes.
You have perhaps journeyed between
New Orleans and Mobile, and remam-
Der the vast expanse of marsh with
waterways cutting through it. In the
midst of this desolation is a clubhouse
and a railway station called English
Lookout 1t is still good fishing and
shooting ground, but the alligator has
become so scarce that the sight of one
Is n novelty. Ten or twelve years ago
they crawled across the railroad tracks,
and passengers had but to look out of
the window to see them swimming.
One day during my weeks stay at
the club several boats were going ont.
and one of thcm was occupied by a
French army officer, who was also a
guest. He had on q frock coat, and
when seated in the stern of the slsif
the tails almost touched the water.
Better take off that coat or pin tho
tails up" said one of the punters, as
his attention was directed.
"Whyf'
Because an alligator may pull you
overheard"
The Frenchmon laughed and shrugged
his shoulders and led the way down
channel. Four boats of us anchored
about 100 feet apart, and the craft
was in was next to the officers. The
fish were biting hot and heavy, and for
Rn hour 10 one paid any attention to
anybody else. tangled my line in
pulling In fish, and while working at
the knots happened TO glance toward
the Frenciman. Just as ] did so /
saw the still waters broken behind him,
caught sight of black object thrust
above the surface, and next instant,
pttering "a scream which was heard
half a mile away, the man was pulled
out of the boat and under water.
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The 1.ittI. Men of Arrie,

As n rough mode of estimating their
height any person feet inches high
could use Il crutch which would be
within an inch Of tine exact standard of
the adult male or female pigrnies. But
the dwarfs, like ordinary humanity,
vary considerably in height. We have
measured n few who were only 80
inches high, and the talleSt of the un-
adulterated specimens that we met
would not exceed 4 feet inches.
AS they advanced toward us through
the camp we often thought that the
scouts had only captured lot of chill
drcn, but n nearer view would show
full grown women with well developed
breasts, WHO had clearly experienced
the troubles of maternity, or adult
males we'll advanced beyond the TWEEN
ties. The Zanzibar boys of II and Is
years would often range themselves
alongside of the men to measure them
selves, and would manifest with loud
laughter their pleasure at the discovery
that there were fathers of families in
existence not so tall as they.-Henry
NJ. Stanley in Scribner's
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Value OF Judgment.

sin writing for a living" said n man
whose bank account depends entirely
upon his pen, "a man who follows tho
class of matter used in different classes
of publications always stands the best
chance. You may send very good
thing to one publication and have it
promptly rejected, while another editor
may jump at it. 1t is only a waste of
time in most cases to send out things
promiscuously. You may say that this
IS all known to every writer, but it
isn't by any means. 1t is surprising to
see what little Judgment is used bv
many authors in putting their works
on the market.
young writers, or man with his
first article, are pretty sure to send their
articles, not where this particular line
of work is most in demand, but to the
publication which they see most fire..
quentiy or which they like best.
Speaking of the 'knack' of knowing
what certain editors want, 1 know of
one man who says that periodical for
which he does u good deal of work,
never refuses joke or line or verses
with which Dclmonicos is connected
The reason for this of course is that the
readers of this sheet are supposed to be
more or less familiar with Delmonico,s ,,
New York Tribune.
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Speaking OF the Canadians, Maj. Ed
mond Male5 remarked that they make
the best soldiers physically that he ever
saw. In his company, the Eighty first
New York Volunteer infantry, in the
late war, ne said he had forty-tivc of
them, and NJ hnrGships could dampon
their gay spirits nor toll exhaust their
hardy frames In those terrible forced
marches of the Army of the Potomac
in the Peninsula, with the Thermometer
far up III the nincties and the dust a
foot deep, when thousands of men fell
out by the roadside, many of them
never to march again, these Canadians
trudged along cheerily, beguiling the
weary way with joke and song.
The careful, economical bent of
mind that they had inherited from their
French ancestors was also prominent
trait of their character They could
not understand the wastefulness OF
their American comrades. who would
hurl aside Overcoats, blankets and other
impediinents ON n hard march without
n thought, so they would carefully
gather them up, add them to their own
load and bring them into camp. Zone
evening, / remember, said the major.
"a Canadian soldier came into bivouac.
after a fearful march from early dawn,
with twelve overcoats piled on his
knapsack, which he had carried nearly
all day. He sold them back to their
original owners for a dollar each. -
Washington Post
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II You Had u Friend

About to visit some section of country
where malarial disease, either in the
form of chills and fever or bilious re-
mittent was particularly rife, what
would be about the best advice you
could give him? We will tell you-to
carry along, or procure on arriving, that
potent medicinal safeguard, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, known throughout
malaria plagued regions, here and in
other countries, as the surest means OF
disarming tn. miasmatic scourge. and
robbing it of its fell destructive influ.
ence. Not only does it fortify the sys-
ten by increasing its stamina, but over
comes iIregularity of digestion, the liver
and the bowels. and counteracts the
unfavOrable effects of over exertion,
bodily and mental exposure in rough
weather, or occupation too sedentary or
labOrous, loss of appetite and excessive
nervousness. The functions aim enta-
ti"n, bilious secretion and sleep have in
1t most powerful and reliable auXilia-
~.
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A Hundred and Forty Religions.

The census announcement that there
are n hundred and forty religious bodies
III the United States, exclusive of many
independent congregations, will be re-
ceived with some surprise by most peo-
pie whose knowledge of different sects
does not embrace more than n dozen
or twenty mt the most. In the list as
disclosed by the bulletin issued by the
census bureau from Washington are
the General-Six-Principle Baptists, the
Schwerkfcldians, the Theosophicl so
ciety, the Life and Advent union, and
others which TO n majority of people
will be entirely new.
With hundred and forty creeds
formally adopted and many indepen-
dent organizations" with their own no
tons besides, the task of those who IA
vor church union is difficult indeed. If
only the more numerous denominations
existed the labor of effecting n unity of
churches with regard to polity and the
more essential doctrines might be easier,
but what shall be said when n hundred
little denominations sturdy in their be-
liefs and customs, are in the field 10th
to give them up!-Providence Journal.
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ELufes on THg pYR.,MIps.

Played 5000 Years After Burial They
Show That Egyptians Had Our Scale.
a number .If eminent musicians were
invited to listen to n highly interesting
lecture delivered to the Royal academy
students by Mr. r. L. Sou5hsate upon
ancient Egyptian musical instruments
in general, and upon the double pipes
recently discovered by Mr.. Flinders Pc
trie in the tomb at Kahun In particu-
lar. From the fact that the flutes
shown in the frescoes were of various
lengths, Mr.. Southgate conjectured that
the Egyptians almost from tho time of
Moses must have had knowledge of
some sort of harmony, while as in ono
of the frcscoes seven flute performers
were simultaneously playing, an eighth
had what lie whimsically described as
fifty bars rest"
Still more interesting was the exhibit
ton of the actual flutes discovered In
the lady's sarcophagus mt kahun, and
indisputably dating before the time of
King David of Israel Performed upon
(and the task of playing these archaic
instruments Is now most difficulty by
Mr.. j. Finn, they yesterday gave prac-
tically the exact notes of our diatonic
scale, thus proving in every sense of
the term to actual demonstration that
our scale was known to the Egyptians
many centuries before the Greeks, from
whom it had enormously been sup
posed VIC borrowed it.
No attempt was made to perform
upon the double flute, and indeed if
ever tho two were played together the
art is now lost But upon n copy of
one of these ancient flutes Mr.. Finn
performed n very ancient funeral dirge
entitled THE Song of Sonus." The
tone of these instruments, We may add,
III no way resembles that of the flutes
today. 1t to certain extent recalls
the dronc of the bagpipe, although one
prominent musician yesterday irrever-
emily likencd it to the sound of the
small tooth comb and tissue paper of
childhood's days.
Many other copies of ancient instru-
ments were tried. among them a
replica OF n flute discovered two years
ago by French savant), with eleven
holes, the approximate date being 1875
ID. C.-that is tn say, during the period
that the Israelitcs were still in Egypt.
To stop" eleven holes in II flute would
seem to demand that one of the hands
should have AN extra finger, but Mr.
Finn after many trials has succeeded
in doing it, and the notes given were
practically those of our chroinatic
scale From these and other facts Mr.
Southgate in the peroration to his very
valuable lecture contended that the
tOnality of the ancient Egyptians was
the source of our own music, and
certainly none of the musicians present
were willing to contradict doctrine
which seems quite feasible. london
News
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SCnsick moss.

A French scientific man has new
theory of the cause of seasicllness,
which is briefly stated below Perhaps
if one were to give himself up wholly
to an attempt to understand the the
DRY he might forget to be sick.
The propounder of this theory, NJ.
Rochet, points ont tie enormous ca
pacity of the reservoir formed by the
muscular and periinuscular venous sys-
TEN, and the considerable role of to-
nicity and voluntary or reflex muscu-
lar contractions in the action of empty
ing it; also the predominance of reflex
muscular actions over voluntary in
Keeping ones balance and in most
movements.
I'm the movements of a vessel the re-
taxation of muscular tonicity and sup
preston of reflex movements result in
a considerable increase Of the periph-
eric reservoir, and as consequence in
cerebral anamia. Companion.
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a writer in The Nineteenth Century
tells several stories of the fate of pom
pous men who went to Cardinal New
man to talk to him as one great contro-
versialist to another.
One specimen of the class comes with
notes and books and points for dis
cussion on problems of education, but
finds the cardinal SO absorbed with
news about the barley crop in Nor
folk that no other subject seems to in
terest him.
Another presses him for Il refutation
of one of Mr.. Gladstone's arguments
against the Vatican DEGREES, but only
succeeds in eliciting the reply that Mr..
Gladstone is an old Oxford acquaint-
ance. and has been very kind to him.
Or if the subject is insisted on the CON
versation suddenly Passes-his visitor
knows not how-to the oaks of Hawar-
den, and the exercise of cutting down
trees.
y third visitor finds himself engaged
at the outset il u discussion as to the
number of stoppagcs in the 80 train
as contrastcd with the $40, and has
unexpectedly to employ his CONVERSE
tionsl talent in explaining his cross
country route and the lines by which
he came.
And then there is the Oxford story
of Newnan's guest Who introduces the
''origin OF evir ut dinner, and Mt once
produces II disSertation-ful of exact
knowledge, and apparently delivered
with anrOnSt interest -oS r., tho III fTa,.oyf
ways of treating hot house grapes and
the history OF the particular grapes on
the table before him.
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We hurried to the spot, but nothing

We hurried to the spot, but nothing
whatever marked the site of the TRACE
dy. Even his hat had gone. We
rowcd up and down and beat the
banks, but it was useless.
Told him so, said the punter as we
gave Up the search. ''Them foreigners
don't seem to know about gators. We
had Prussian here last month, and
what did he do but hang his legs in
the water, and he was pulled off the
boat with me only four feet away
Detroit Free Press.
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Price. OF Fancy Woods.

OF the woods that are chiefly used in
fancy cabicet work ebony comes most
" from Ceylon and Madagascar, and rs
Sold by importers at eight cents per
pound. Satin wood is grown on the
island of San Domingo and in Porto
Rico. 1t is ono of the beautiful woods
and is described us Il canary yellow. y
In the log it sells ut sevcnty-hye cents
per foot. TGlip wood is but little used.
1t is imported more for turning and in
laying than anything else 1t is found
in Central America, and when brought
TO New York sells for eight cents Per
pound. Trnnscrint.
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Etpepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in
Tact, you must have it, to fully enjoy
life: Thousands are searching for il
daily, and mourning because they find
dollars are spent an luallv by our people
IN the hope that they may attain this
boon. And yet it may be had by all.
We guarantee that Electric Bitteis, il
used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you God
DIP estion and Gust the demon Dyspepsia
and install instead Eupepsy. We
recommend Electric Bitterss for DIV. =
Pepsia and all diseases of tile Liver,
stomach and Kidneys. Sold at DC. and
Si.OO per bottle by A. c. VanGilder,
Druggist.
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Bucklen's Arn,ca saIve.

The Best iSdire in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe,
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill.
blaIns, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re.
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded Price,
25 cts. per box. For sale by a. C. VAN.
GLIDER, Druggist. FAMILY.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-04

Professor Griese, a member of the Ger
man Society of Rrostation residing at
Berlin, has invented machine called
sprungfneel, by the aid of which,
with no assistance except his own mus,
cular power, man may leap into the
air and fly long distancs.-St. Louis
Republic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-04

a great many of the fellows who
nSvnlt a dollar and scarcely the
ABILITY to earn one, can give the
most advice about building houses
and going into other enterprises for
private profit and public benefit
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-04

"Did you ever hear fsuch a thing?
Begumb says, in his new house he's
gong to have his attic in the cellar "
ooh, that story won't go down"
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Scotch Sarsapar:lla

80 cents per bottle, 80 doses, is the best
blood purifier, pleasant to take and
thorough in its action. For sale by a.
c. VanGiIder.
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a Scrap of Paper. sares Hen. 1ts.

1t was just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper. but it saved her life. She
was IN the last stages or consumption
TOLD by physicians that she was incura-
oie and could live only short time; she
weighed less than seventy pounds. On
d piece OF wrapping paper she read of
Dr' Kings New Discovery, and got a
sample bottle; it helped her, she Dor eht
a large bottle, it helped her more, bought
another another and grew better fast,
cont nued its use and is now strong,
heaithy' rosy, plump, weighing 40
pounds. For fuller particulars send
stamp to w. II. Cole, Druggist, Fort
Smith Trial Bottles of this wonderful
Discovery free at a. C. VanGilder's.
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MANY I

Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or household cares
BROWNS Iron BitterS Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess of bile,
and cures malaria Get the genuine