D0CT0BINC4 MATURE.

COLOR AND PERFUME OF FLOWERSCHANGED BY CHEMICALS.

JCntnre's XSeanties AreNorrDyed and Dopedto Secure 3cw T.ffVrcts In Shades andIrrrance Tffortg to Produce SineCfaxysan themnm.

Modern scientists "and chemists haveno respect for nature. They have lately-token-

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her most delicate creations, theflowers of the field and the garden, andattempted to change their colors andperfumes. Strange to say, considerablesuccess has attended their efforts.

Many fashionable florists both inAmerican and European cities estab-lished regular chemical laboratories inconnection with their hothouses for car-rying on this unique industry. The fadcomes originally from Paris byivay ofLondon.

The first step in this direction con-sisted in the artificial dyeing of suchflowers as the white carnation, the lilycf the valiey and the hyacinth. Thereis a well irnown 2s ew York florist whofrequently changes the colors of theseflowers to suit the whims and fancies ofhis wealthy patrons. He finds that hecan successfully treat almost any bulb-ous flower by placing it in a solutioncontaining oxalic acid and the specialeoler which he wishes to impart to thepetals of the plant.

It was in this way thet the "green,carnation, " of which so much was hearda year cr so ago, was produced. AlOy

- of the valley can bo changed from itspure white to a delicate blushing pinkby placing the cut flower in red ink.The oxalic acid in the ink opens thepores cf the plant and allows the color-ing matter to be absorbed. This sameIs aw York florist has leug been tryingto produce a blue chrysanthemum, withthe view cf plcasiug the patrens of theYale football matches. He has not yetsucceeded, bat he is firmly convincedthat it will enly be a matter of timebefcre chemists enable the ficrist toprcduce every known variety of color inflowering plants.

In perfuming flowers, and especiallyin artificially strengthening and reviv-ing the natural odcr, florists have gonevery far, and it would seem that in thisline there is really no limit In order torevive flowers exhausted by time cr car-riage, their extremities are immersed inyessels containing a weak solution ofsal TTTTnfm?M. Their odor is thenstrengthened by moistening them withan alcchol solution of the perfume or es-

sential oil ixnTespcnding to the naturalscent.

This is done on a very large scale withviolets, rases, hawthorns, etc., the per-fumes cf wliich are manufactured large-ly in France. Two such perfumes are"violcuine" and "geraniclimv Theformer is composed of 200 grams of al-

cohol, 100 of glycerin and 10 cf essenceof violet. The latter is a similar prepa-ration in which the essence of violet isreplaced by geranoH cr artificial oil ofroses. The glycerin in these preparationsis added in order to fix the rcent, whichwould otherwise rapidly evaporate.

A more scientific method of strength-ening thecdorcf flowers before shippingthem or placing them cn sale isfre-qnentlyus- ed.

Theyare put into aw cod-e- n

box cooled externally with ice. Inthe bottom of this box lies a tube pro-

vided with perforations, and through itis sent a current charged with carbonic

l acid gas and the odcr characteristic cfthe flower. Again, in order to fix theeder, the flowers are sprinkled with avery small quantity cf glycerin.

Not content with adding to thestrength cf scented flowers by thismeans, the flower dealers, aided Ly thesuggestions cf chemists, have gone thelength cf depriving flowers cf the nat-

ural odors and substituting ethers. Theyhave given the fragrant lilac the cdorcfthe rose, the pink the perfume of theviolet, and the humble cemflcwer thearistocratic scent of the jasmine. It is adelicate operation and one that dees notsucceed with all flowers. It consists inimmersing the flower in a bromide solu-

tion which divests it cf nearly everytraced its natural fragrance. After thisit is washed and then perfumed withthe odor desired in the manner alreadydescribed.. The results of these attempts to im-

prove upon nature are net always satis-factory. Mowers which have been doc-

tored cr revived by artificial meansrarely last long enough to afford anypleasure to those who purchase ' them.There is, after all, nothing that canrival the natural beauty and fragranceof-- a flower as it comes fresh from thegarden cr hothouse, and happily thereare still miHios of people who wouldgive marefcr the fragrance cf cue sweetyiolet fresh from the weeds than all theartificial productions cf New York orParis. Philadelphia Press.

A Slight Difference.

"As Inrndergtand it, decter, if I be-

lieve I'm well, I'll be welL Is that theidea?

'It is.""Then, if you believe you're paid, I

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well in ono esse as in the other?"""v7eil, yon sec, there is considerable

difference between having faish in theAlmighty and,having faith in you."Chicago Post.

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'Betel Clerk Yes, sir. Front!Guest (continuing, sotto voce) That

yu let me havefor $1 a day. Somepf --my customers are standing near, andI've got to keep up appearances, youknew. Philadelphia North American.

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ERROR W THE JEWISH CALENDAR.

A. Universal Synod Sagzesied SVar XUdeeded Correction.

In a lecture recently delivered underthe auspices of the Graetz college inPhiladelphia on "The Jewish Calen-dar," Dr. Cyrus Adler called attentionto an error in the calendar which, mayoccasion some surprise to persons whohave not investigated the subject.

It is a fact well known that the Jewish calendar in its present form waspromulgated by Hillcl H, about 350 C.E. This calendar is a bound lunar cal-endar i. c, a lunar calendar with correction to solar tmo. At the time thattne calendar was established, it wasmuch more accurate than any in use.It was universally accepted by Jews,even by the-- Karaites, and has affordedan important outward bond cf nnion.among scattered Israel.

Graetz has voiced the ry opinion as to the accuracy of our calendarin the following words: "The methodof calculating the calendar introducedby Hfllel is so simple and certain thatup to the present davit has not requiredeither emendaticn cr amplification, andfor this reason is acknowledged to boperfect by all who are competent to express an opinion on the subject, whetherJews or lion-Jew- s.

This statement, however, does notagree with the astronomical facts. Ourcalendar makes the average lunarmonth29 days 12 hours 44 minutes 3 J--.' seconds, whereas the true value is 29 days12 hours 44 minutes 02.841 seconds.Again, our calendar calculates the solaryear at 365 days 5 hours 55 minutes25.439 seconds, whereas the, true valueis 305 days 5 hours 4S minutes 46.069seconds. It is plain, accordingly, thatthere is a double source of error,amounting to more than S minutes peryear. Assuming the lunar and solaryear to have been at thetime cf publication of Hill el's calendar,the Jewish year has in the 1, 540 yearsintervening advanced forward from thevernal equinox somewhat over 7 days.

The importance of the correctness ofthe calendar is so great that it wouldappear advisable that a universal synod,be called to devise a plan whereby theerror may be obviated. Such a synodpneo assembled, might be able to takeaction in other directions of the high-est importance for the welfare of Israel

American Hebrew.

THE VORACIOUS CARP.

Clever Bnses by Which It Is Extennlnat-i- n

Black Ba&j.

The German carp is a vicious fish aft-er a fashion, and the kind of brains i?has is described by "W. F. Meehan inThe Fishing Gazette. Says Mr. Meehan:

'One day in early June in 1S93 or1894, in Montgomery county, Pa., I waswatching the spawningbed cf black bassinPerkiumen creek from a bridge over-head, when along came a number oflarge German carp. One made a feinttoward the nest, and when attacked bythe black bars fled. "While the bass waain pursuit the remainder cf the-- carpdarted in, and in a twhihliBg devouredthe spawn in the nest. I waded out tothe bassHCSt later and found scarcely anegg in it. I was told afterward cf asimilar cause in the carae stream.""

The PraaFyiyauia report of the statecammiascEcrs of fisheries says that"there are few fishes mere heartily an-

athematized by American anglers thanthe carp. They fail to see a redeemingfeature in the crcrture, and charge it withmany bad ones, the most serious ofwhich is that it is a mere inveteratespawn eater than the eel," and the an-glers fear that it will in a few yearspractically exterminate all the valuablefood and game fishes despite the effortsof the vsrkKts fish commissioners.

The carp furnishes the angler littleor no sport, because it refuses to take theordinary lares tifirretL Its flesh is notpopular with American fish caters, asit is in European countries, where asearly as 1227 it was cultivated in Aus-tria.

It is not known exactly who first in-

troduced carp into American waters, ncrexactly when it was done, but Mr. Poffe,a Califcmiaa, seme time befcre 1870,is believed to have been the man. He isregarded in much the same light as theintrodacer cf the English sparrow intothe United States, and the misguidedmen whs turned English rabbits on toAustralia.

.Intelligent Kats.Eats, acccruing to a showman who

exhibits a tame trcop cf the littlebeasts, are mere casDy taught than dogs.They have a mere retentive ear for lan-guage and greater adaptability than anyother grtrmi Lcnise Michel, who isalso fond of rajs, has discovered manyvirtues iu them. They have respect forthe aged, family feel jig, and compasrsion for the unfexrunate.

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Mr. Jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga.,savs that his daughter, Ida, inherited a

which the usualsevere case of Eczema,mercury and potash remedies failed torelieve. Year by year she vras treatedwith various medicines, external appli-cations and internal remedies, withoutresult. Her sufferings were intense,and her condition grew steadily worse.All the so-call- ed blood remedies did not

seem tc reach, tne dis-ease at all until S.S.S. was given, whenan improvementwas at once noticed.The medicine wascontinuecd with fav-orable results, andnow she is curedsound and well, herskin is perfectlyclear and pure andshe has been savedfrom what threat

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THE MfH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKL- Y TElBlffiE: TUESDAY EVENING, MAI. 12, -- 1896

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THE PLIDiK.3y 0. J. OffTOT-TrT- E HOE.

Copyrlgiit tr th&Aathor.J

That 31r. Theodore Shelf bad made bisown exic and brought abont Ms wife's so-

cial downfall most dramatically even theworst hit of his victims could not but ad-

mit. The police with exquisite troublehad traced him to Paddingtaa station andfound that ha had taken a first class ticketto Liverpool, and after using the wiresthey had retained to bed with the firmconviction that their seaport associateswould meet the gentleman at Lime street.Of course they could not possibly guessthat he and 2 wire haired fox terrier doghad changed their route to Monmouth-shire and had arrived in Newport in am-ple time to go on board one of his ownsteamers which had just finished coalingthere.

The police and the victims said a goodmany things when they learned the sim-ple means by which Mr. Shelf had es-

caped, and they confidently expectednever to see him again in this world andhoped to miss him In the next. And

were considerably astonishedand not a little pleased when only twodays later Air. Shelf Londonwith all his freer movements hampered byvulgar fetters.

Of course Ur. Shelf could not foreseethat when his steamer was passing Lundyat a brisk 15 knots her steering gearwould break down and jam the rudder sohard aport that she would take the groundbefore reversed engines could check herway. And because of this lack of fore-sight he was after some formality con-signed to physical toil on a slim thoughregular diet, to which he went amongthe wailings and curses of a ruined multi-tude. And there requiescat.

As to ilrs. Shelf, I da not know whathas become of her; neither do I particular-ly care. But the edds are she is keepingon her feet somewhere, somehow. She is.a clever woman. Airs. Theodore Shelf, Ifexpensive.

The. good she did In this world duringher sway may bo summed under the headsof encouraging dressmakers, society jour-nalists and the manufacturers of oldmasters, and by these and a few othersshe will ba missed.

The evil she did is the talk of the street,and the poor folk who were ruined by thefailure of her husband's companies can boeloquent thereon.

But her loss is not without one gain.Xaw that; she has gone the poor womanmakes a very pretty peg for husbands whoknew her to hang a moral on for the delec-tation of their unfortunato wives.

CHAPTER XX.DECISIONS.

When Cambel arrived back at the PortEdes, he found Captain Kettle sitting Inthe cbartrircm with a pen gripped betweenhis teeth and a rhyming dictionary In hishands surrendering its reluctant treasures.On the mahogany desk in front of himwas a sheet ofmuch corrected manuscript,with a capital letter at the commencementof every line. And beyond, in a jam pot,was a bunch of waxen leaved magnoliaflowers, with two coral pink magnoliacones, set around with a frill of sheenyleaves.

Captain Owen Kettle was composing asonnet on the magnolia, and dogged workwas trying to finish what a one line In-

spiration had begun. The two gauntmosquitoes who had slipped info the roomwhen the v.lre gauze door was shut grewvisibly fattar without danger to life crwing. In his fine creative frenzy CaptainKettle never felt their touch.

"Hello, Kettle, got back at last, yousee, and a devil of a time I've had of it."

"Than pap Lib saint more holier,"wrote the little man, reading the words asthey sprawled across the paper. "AndnowI want to get in something about thesmclL 'Angel breathed is the thing, onlyit don't seem to lay up handily with therest. Angels are certain to have goodbreath, and these llowers smell as fine asanything I've tried, just take a sniff atthem yourself. Well, Mr. Cambel, hereyou are again, and I haven't said I'm gladto see you. But I am. It's as good asmeat to put eyes on you and hear what'sto be doing next. I tell you it's been pret-ty dull work with the donkeyman off allday bird shooting, and me as ship's hus-band sitting here on my own tail. I fancyyou'd be a bit astonished at walking onboard same as you would Into a housewithout having to hail a boatf"

"A little, not much. I was prepared foranything after what I saw between PointSebastian and here."

"I fancy they'll have to bring out newgeography books about this part of IIor- -

Ida. I never saw such a place. Why, sir,the blessed ground fairly gat up andwalked during that blow. 1 don't thinkthe steamer shifted much. Canted a bitto leeward maybe, but didn't budge outof her keel groove, but it was the shoresthat fetched weigh. When once they brokemoorings, the trees set back their shoul-ders and sheeted home, and great Islandsbore down cn us likq ships. The light-ning burned flares all the time, and Iwatched it through the chartroom portsbecause none could stand on deck outside.I'm not a frightened man, Air. Cambel, ora snperstitiocs, but I thought that nightwas too hard for a cyclone. I tell you,sir, and yon may laugh if you like, Ireckoned it up that judgment day hadcome, and I got the prayer book and readmyself the burial service clean through,sea bits and all, so as to fetch whateverhappened, land or water. I haven't led abad life, Air. Cambel. Pretty religiousashore, and never sparing myself troublein hazing a crew so as to carry out owner's.business at sea, end when I'd gaid thatburial service I feltPd done all that couldbe expected.

'I'd heard a chap prophesying about theend cf the world in Waterloo street, liver-poo- l,

not a year ago, and I bought 3 pam-phlet of him, and it showed the thing outaccording to Revelation and Daniel allas clear as a big book could have done. Itwas to finish in 1903, and there was a pic-ture of the earthquake and another pic-ture of people going up to the sky In theirordinary clothes. And when I looked outjhrougn the glass at that tearing, ragingflevH's work that was going on outside,and the river and the lakes disappearingbefore my eyes, and dry land taking theirplace, I felt sure that the chap was rightin the main, only he'd got a bit foul inhis dates,

There was only one thing," the littleman added plaintively "I wished I'd apew washed jacket aboard. The one I'don was that --smeared and crumpled Ishould have felt ashamed to appear in It."

"Well, I'm glad you weren't hurt,"said Cambel "It was a terrible night forany one in this area."

"I came through It, Air. Cambel, with-out so much as a linger nail broken. Sodid the donkeyman. He came up here andasked If I wanted him when the blow be-gan, and when I told him 'Xo ho wentto his own room and turned in and slepttill it was over-- Now, the niggers didn'tWhen the steamer began to Ii3t, tlisy gotfeared. Thought she'd turn bilge "upper-most, 1 suppose, and bolted' down to theirfishbex of a schooner which lay alongside.Of cSursewhen the shores slipped theirmoorings and bore down on her theschooner had to give, and the niggers areburied somewhere yonder to starboard,

but where! don't know. pvg, locked, "butthere isn't so much as a spar, there isn'tso much as s whiff cf circus tu put a labelon the spot. I've had mighty little to dolatterly, and I might have stuck up somesort of a signboard to 'em, niggers thoughthey were, If I could have fixed the placeto --an acre, but when a grave head getsbigger than that you may be writing'here lieth' in more senses than one. SoI left? them quiet.

"Of course with theteamer high anddry up country, and the river two milesaway through thick woods, itwasn'tmuchgood, our messing with paint pots andchanging name plates. We'd built a newforehatch and shipped ltr and greased upthe engines, and as that seemed to me allthat was --necessary I've given my shipmateholiday ever since. There's the makingof a sportsman in oar donkeyman, Air.Cambel. There isn't a thing that crawlsor files or swims in this section of Floridathat blessed Irishman hasn't blown off myold gas pipo at or tried to catch with aworm on a cod hook. He wasn't keen atfirst; said he'd been brought np in sworks, but when I told him everything hetook was poached, by James, sir, youmight think he was the Prince of Wales,the way he sticks at it,

"Blood will out," said Cambel, with alaugh, and he marveled at the extraordi-nary toughness of the donkeyman. At alltimes there is much sulphur in the watercf theso Florldian swamps, but since thocyclone the sulphurous emanation had

"been stirred and set free, and the presenceof them was almost unendurable. Thowaters 'were black to look upon, yellow tolook through, and in the air was a neverfailing, never varying hint at the odor ofancient eggs. It even stole Into the chart-roo- m

and mingled with the scent of themagnolia blossoms.

'It isn't violets," the captain assentedin reply to Cambers comment, "andthere's fever knocking about in thoseswamp3 as sure as there is in a Hamburgdrain. But what's fever mean, sir, exceptcarelessness and ignorance? You tacklefever with science, Air. Cambel, and ithasn't a show. And if we haven't got sci-ence aboard here, concentrated and la-

beled and bottled down in our medicinechest, I don't know where you will findit Yes, sir, I will say that. The PortEdes has a romping line medicine chest,and I've been through it all myself, so Iought to know. The donkeyman 's beenmost ways throngh it, too, but he's on atfever mixtures now, and he's going solidat them. We've three quart bottles Afor bilious, B for malarial and C for ty-

phoid and the donkeyman has a swig outof each with a nip of cholorodyne thrownin just after his breakfast every morningand then a rub with St. Elmo's rheumaticcure, and If be isn't as right as a mail-bo- at

well, never speak to mo of drugsagain. But it's making a tough man ofhim. Air. Cambel, and that's what I want,because the donkeyman and I are going tochip in partnership."

""What, buy a steamer together andtake her tramping? Well, I hope you'llhave all manner of luck,"

'Oh, don't you make any error," re-

torted the captain. "It isn't salt watertrading we're in for. We aren't such gullsas that. We know too much about it,both of us. We're going to start in farm-ing."

"Farming? What does either of youknow about that?"

'Oh, don't you take mc for a fool, sir.I can learn as well as any one, and so canthe donkeyman. We shall get- - 300 acresof land granted to the pair of us for noth-ing in northwest Canada, and even ifcrops failed altogether we've enough savednp to live on for tho first two years. Wecan try it anyhow whan you give us ourdischarge from here. Ever since I workedat sea," he added plaintively, "I've al-

ways wished to be a farmer.""I think," said Cambel, "I would dis

suadeyou from the attempt if I could, but1 know it's no use trying, so I will holdmy tongue on that point. As to when ycurbargain is np with the Port Edes, you canput that at half an hoar from now if youlike. Anyway I'm going to leave heredirectly, and I never intend to return hereagain."

Captain Kettle's jaw dropped. "What?"he gasped.

"I have changed my mind," he said,"or had it changed for me. For my part,that gold will remain where it is. I amnot going to touch a sovereign of it.'"

''Look here," said Captain Kettle,you mind telling me? Did you comeagainst some preacher during the cycloneand get religion from him??'

"I think I know what you mean. Butyou're on the wrong track. I'm not thesort who announces publicly that ho willcease to be a sinner just because he findshimself in physical danger."

"No," said Kettle, "come to think of it,I should have known you were not. I wasa fool to ask that question. But it settlesit in another direction. There's a womangot hold of you."

"Or I of her.""Either way. So that's it. And you

told her all about this racket because youthought it wrong to hold any secrets ofyour own, and she soured 0:1 it. Well,that's woman's way. And tho other ladyyou spoke about, she who made you runWild, you've forgotten her?"

Cambel nodded."And she's forgotten you?""I hopo she has, and if she hasn't I

can't help It,""Well, Air. Cambel, if this business is

to end in a 'bout ship, as soon as the don-keyman comes back froom his hunting Iam ready to gnt under weigh and bo off.But as he Isn't here yet, and as we've stilla bit of time to wait, I'd like to hear whatIs going to become of that 500,000 andthe old ship, after alL I've been in at thehandling of them both so long that I'mbeginning to take quite a friendly interestin their movements. As you know, I'veliked them so well at times that I've beenhalf inclined to adopt them myself."

"I know, and It is to your honor thatyou didn't."

"Oh, as to honor, don't make any bless-ed error about that, sir. It was my

If tho crew hadn't beenso nppish that night In the gust of theFlorida channel, eq help me, neithersteamer nor gold would ever have got sofar as this. But we'll let that pass for thopresent. And now I'd like to hear, if Imight, who is to finger the stuff."

"Kettle, I'd tell you if I could, but uponmy soul I'm not able. ATy bargain withthe girl I'm going to marry was t-- pocketno sharo cf the plunder myself, but as Iwarned her I was Shelfs "man still andcouldn't cease to serve him because ofscruples of my own conscience. And so Iwas going to set off to carry his half tothe bank wa had agreed upon when a

newsnapar arrived to say that he had gonesmash and was in jau awaiting trial on y

charges."Directly afterward a letter came from

Shelf himself, which had been passed bythe newspaper cablegram, telling me totransmit tho stuff to a place in SouthAmerica where he would meet It Clearlyhe can't do that now, and being a convicthe cannot hold property. So, per bansjesuitically, I hold myself clear of allpledge to him."

"Then who the devil is to get tho mon-ey? Hang me if I can sec."

'The proper owners, whoever they maybe," said Cambel. ."But they'll have tobe found, and at present I haven't tho !

vaguest notion who they might be. In !

fact, as we are now, there's half a millionof English money and a fine steamer going

CHAPTER XXLTHE IXCKT MAX.

Xo one ever accused Air. Reginald Loss--inff of havini? frrciinst nn nnn nvw tlpnTwt

that he had a luck which-wa- s nirmmiirn-- ,

tal. xxo bad a naino far luck which waslooked up to and marveled at, even in thesociety japers.

Air. Lossing had no settled trade or pro-fession. He was just a lily in the way oftoil and dress, and be made a very comfortable income at it. He dabbled in outsiders on the turf, in shares of unchartedgold mines, in the fascinating grmn ofunlimited, too, and was able to look com-placently on tho results. He went into allthese and other operations with a genial,childish simplicity, and like the banker atroulette there always seemed a steady pullin his favor. How it was? done no onoknew. He did not know Mmgpi and heand all his world marveled and prophesiedthat his luck would some day turn with arush and a sweeping tide.

When he got mixed up with the Shelfaffair, it seemed as if this" would be thecase.

There was something very near akin toa panic in Lloyds when tho total loss ofthe Port Edes was reported, and those un-fortunates who had underwritten her wereanxious to dispose of their risks at anyprice to any credulous man who believedthat this first report was a canard. Con-sequently there was some pretty steepgambling gone through in the spacoofminutes; and more than one small m-i- "

got broke with surprising rapidity.Now, ATaster Lossing happened to be in

the room as an idle spectator and was bitwith the excitement and asked a friendwho was a member to act for him. "I'mgoing to play a hand in this," quoth Alns-t-er

Lossing.. "At that price!" asked his friend.

"When they get to 93 guineas premium.""I suppose you know that makes you

liable for about 10,800. There's 540,-00- 0

underwritten.""I'm good for that," said Lossing, and

an hour afterward proved himself so, asho had to pay. To this day many Lloydsmen who were interested in that scenocongratulate themselves on having made

10,800 salvage by a fluke out of a shipthat was totally lost.

It began to dawn on Lossing after theevent that he had made n fool of himselfand that his luckwas throngh, but ho hadthe sense not to whine aloud, and so hisfriends forgot the matter in tho excite-ment of other interests. Lossing did notforget, because the bank had written tohim that his account was overdrawn, andho had several bills which much wantedpaying. Unostentatiously he began tolook about him for a means of making amora regular and steady livelihood.

As after several months of search thislast did not seem any appreciably nearer,ho was able to give full attention to a let-ter he received concerning the Port Edesand her cargo. It was tmslgned and borean American "postmark. It ran as follows:

Sra I bear that you are now legitimateowner of the Port Edes and her cargo. Shewas picked up at sea and is now in the Ever-glades of Florida in heref oliowetl the exactlatitude and longitude). The specie is takenout of her, and you will did it ly digging(here caxno elaborate cross bearings aud direc-tions). If you ure a wise man and wish to en-joy what is now your own, you will say as lit-tle about it to any one as possible.

The communication was, to soy theleast of it, mysterious, but because Loss-ing was n fool he did not seo so many pos-sibilities in it as a man with more imagi-nation might have dona Ho determinedto find tint how the matter lay with hisown eyes, and with that purpose journey-ed to the hotel at Point Sebastian, nowrebuilt with now magnificence. It wasthe winter season, and tho place wascrowded, and among the crowd was Loss- -

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The pair had several cocktails together.Ing'a old friend Kent-Willia- again atthe end of his new quarter's allowance.Tho pair had several cocktails togetherand some talk, and finally set off into theEverglades under tho guidance of an an-cient alligator hunter. The saga of theirdoings far tho next six months docs notappear, but it is known that other menjoined them, including several In the nau-tical interest, so that there must have beenqulto a colony of them outthere, presuma-bly at some sort of employment or other.Alessrs. Kent-Willia- ms and Lossing againreturn to view on board a royal mail boatbound lie eie from a port of western SouthAmerica.

The pair of them watched the shoressink under the sea, and "That's donewith," said Kent-Willia- ms.

"It is," returned Lossing, "and Tin notsorry, and I am satisfied. It's a biggerpuzzle than I shall ever make out in thislife. First a steamer that's supposed to'bo sunk gets up and goes overland andplants herself firmly in the middle of aforest, as though she wanted to grow.She's so tight there that it takes us sixnionths to cut a canal to the nearest river.Then somebody paints a different patternon one smokestack and leaves the other asit was and alters some of tho name plateson her engines and fittings and leaves thenames on tho life buoys as they were.And then tho gold tbat'H in her flies twomiles farther up country and dives 20 feetunder tho ground without disturbing thenetwork of mangrove roots which are somatted above that we had to cut themwith an ax."

"I think, dear boy, we'vo been wise inselling the steamer with a different namecn her to a man who gave a low price andasked no questions."

"I'm sure of it. But still I'd like tokn iw how it was all done. Do you thinkihat Cambel had a finger in it?"

"Do you think," retorted Kent-William- s,

"that if Patrick Cambel had his finger onhalf a million that no one else knew aboutIt wouldn't bavo beon his half million?No, sir, that cock won't fight. Besides hewas spooning the Eildar girl, and thattook np all his time, I guess. He marriedher in the early autumn, and they've gonesomewhere west, I fancy, and I don't ex-actly know where. She'd a sister nearPoint Sebastian, a Airs. Duvernay, adeuced nice looking woman, that Cambelwas spoons on himself one time."

"Ob, you've spoken about her bofare.""I know. Between ourselves Lossing,

dear boy, I went up to her place one even-ing and proposed to her, and, by Joe,d'you know she actually refused me!She's got that fellow Cambel still in herhead, I suppose. But I shall go out andhave a look at her again. Honestly I wasafter 500 a year at first, but now that,thanks to you, I'm better ofE itwon't lookso bad, and really I like her better than Ithought. She's a most awfully charmingwoman."

"What did she ever marry that brutoDuvernay for?" asked Lossing.

"Ah, that," replied Kent-William- s, "ismore than I can tell you I"

THE BSD.

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jpENCH & BALDWIN

A TTOEFETS-AT-LA- .

NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.

Office over X. P. NtL Bank.

C. PATTERSON,

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Office First National Bank BI6V.,NORTH PLATTE. NEB.

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AITOBNETS-AT-LAW- ,ORXH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.

Office over North Platte National "V,

E. E.NORTHRUP,

DENTIST,Room "No. 6, Ottensteia Building,

NORTH PLATTE, NEB.

DR. N. F. DONAIiDSON,

Assistant Surgeon Union Pac--c Ke"-an- d

Member of Pension Board,SOBTHPULTTE, - NEBRASKA.

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NORTH PLATTE.

MARBLE : WORKS,

W. C. RITNER,ManTrof and Dealer in.

MONUMENTS, : HEADSTONES

Curbing, Building Stone,

And kinds of Monumental and Cemetery rark.

CLAUDE WEINGAND.

DEAXEB IN

Coal Oil, Gasoline.

Crude Petroleum andCoal Gas Tar.

Leave orders at 2?ewtons Store

GEO. NAUMAN'S

SIXTH STREET

MEAT MARKET.

Meats at wholesale and re-

tail. Fish and Game inseason. Sausage at alltimes. Cash paid for Hides.

Cure for Piles,"We can assure aii vcko satfer arhh In-

terim! Piles thr.t in Hraorrboutim, wchave a positive cure. The treatment vunlifce any thing heretofore tatl ami itap;hcatlcKi so perfect tiutt everytire of the disease is radicated. "He morrhoi'Iintj is a harmless cmnpoazKi. carbe used ior an ointment, yet pet t-- es

snch healing- - power that "when ap--Elicd to the diseased parts, it at once

and a cure is the sore result of itscontinued use. All "who suffer with pilessuffer front Constipation also and Hem-orrhoidi- ne

cures both. Price $1 50. ForSale bv Druists. TVill be sent fromthe factory on receipt of price. Send toTnEi?osTER Mas f g iv. Uonncil Bluffs,Iowtj for testimonials and information.

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Less! Notices.

PKOSJLTH NOTICE.Is the matter at the estate f Jehs Barley, ie--

Is the cocsty cocrt ef Lincote eecntjr.Xebniits.May 4th. 1SS8.

Netice is here by giTee. that the creditors e sail'deceased will meet the Executor ef eaiA estate,before the couniy jodge ot Lteceta ctmaty, Ne-braska, at the crmHty cosrt room, te said cnanty.on the 5th day ot September. w the"5A dayef October.'1666. sod era-th- 3th day of 2iVrenber,ISM, at 1 o'clsck p-- zxx each day. fer tha peere? ItreeBtin? their etaias for exaarisattaK, adjestcent and allowance. Stx Boath are aNwwed Utrcredits rs to pre-e-at their ataiaa. aad eee Tear for

f the exeeater to reWe said estate, irons the Sib. dayft Maj, Ism. TMs awttee uHl he peMfe&ed fetTbx Tarn one. a Besepaper prteted is said nnty,forfoer sseeis seeeerjivety, oa asd alter May Ml.1S5SL Jaxk X. Sax.

QeetyJ8t!ge

PROBATE NOT3CE.Ib the matterof the Estate of Xordfea C Fwraisfe,

deceased.Ik the Ceosty Oocrt ef IJnaaln Cecsty. Xe-bras- ia.

May 2J. 595.Netiee is hereby pivoa. that the eredtter said

deceased win meet the Administrator of saM es-tate, before the Coaaty Jade of Liaoflhm Om.Nebraska, at the Coaaty Caart &, Ja safeCesaty. as the 5th day of Septestber. HIS. Mt the5th day of Oetnber, ISE&, aad oa the 3th day af No-vember. 1&6, at 1 o'clock p-- Bt each day. Jar theparpfwe ef pregeattag their etoafcs for a 1 11 naautiaiuaiijestmeat aad aUowaaee. Six Bwtatas are altowedfor creditors to present their etaim- -, aad eae yearfor the adzaiaistrator to settle said Bstate, tentthe '.ih day ef May, KBS This aotfee wOl be aab-Hsh- ed

ia The TEisoKX,a legal p per pctae--1

ia said Ceaaty, for fear weeks saeee&dvely, a.aiu.?after May 5th. 1S88.

SS-- Ja3tes M. Kat, County Jadge.

NOTICE FOR PCBUCATHHv.Lato Omci at North Pmrxx. Nra., 1

April 2th. 1SRJ. JNotice is hereby givea that the foNawia-Baate- d

settler has filed aotfee of bar iatentioa to aiahehaai pratf ia support of her datet, aad that s&Mproof will be Bde before the Besister aad Be-oei- ver

at North Platte, Nebraska, aa Mar27th. 1S6S. Tiz: Maree S. Joneana, cldew at

' ltasa Joreasea. who made Home it end EotryNo. 1&.SSI. for the Northeast oaarter of seottas

,29, towaship It N- - raage 3t X. She aaatesteefoitoTris witBestw to proYe her coattaaaaj resi-dence apwa aad eaMvatioa of. said Jaad, vfeBasates Baasea. Peter Hates. Lais CHaaeoa atdGeorge SchmfeL jr.. aU ofCartis. Nebraska.

326 JOHN T. HINMAN, Begister.

NOTICE FOR PCBLICATiav.Laad 0ee at North Phvtte. Netb,

Aaril th. iSStf. JNotice fa hereby jrtvea that the fattewiaesBaiBed

' setaer aas ENri anoee ot ats tatoauoa to taake; final proof his okdm, aad that saidproof will be mad. before the Begister aad Be--ceirer at North Platte. Nebraska, oa Jaae 12th.1S&5. T121

I JAMES A. BBOWwho made Homestead Eatry No. 15,tf, for teesouth half af the oothwest oaarter. eettaa. 4r aadthe east half of the soatbeast oaarter soi(oa ftownship 17 aorth. raage 29 west. Qe Bams theI foHawiag witnesses to prove his coattaaoas rest-dea- ee

apes aad cultivation of said kiad. tsi Albert P. Mala, Mitts D. Brothers. Joha F. Mala.I and Prince C. Gibbs, all of Nesbit.Neb.s 36 JOHN F. HINMAN. Berfster

.OTICE FOR PUBLICATION.Land Oatee at North Platte. Neb., I

April Uth. Itf6. fNotice Is hereby Rivec that Wimam Stcmbreak:

has filed notice of iateattoa to make aval proeTbe-for- eBetter aad Becetrer at htsoSeeisNarJa.

Pitte.NebL. oa Friday, the Mh day ofJaae. J6SaVamtimber eattare appttaatkm No. 1 IN. far the aorta-we- st

oaarter of eecttoa No. XL ia towashia No. KraageNo. 35. He a&aes as wttaoLvej. BdwardTailor. Jasper Hamphery. Charles Besotd aadGeome Brsaaer, all of Paxtoa. Neb

31-- 6 JOHN F. HINMAN, Begister--

OND ELECTION NOTICE.BNotice is herebv errea to the etocircs of

the Soberban Irrigation District of lAmcolnCoHnty. Nebraska, that an election vdXL i rheld in saM irrieatfcm district ontbeMAavof Jaae. at which election the n 11 Tinof te?cinj bond. br said Snbarbaa JrrigafctawDistrict fa the snm of fi&fGU. ttearteg inter-est at the rate of six per cent per an ayinterest payable semi-annaaU- T. to be Jaedin Banner and form as provided br the pro-vtei- oas

of Chapter 7 of the Seeioa. Lews ofNenrafca for the Year 196. win he aapmfet-te-d

to the qcalined roters of said district.Said bomb are to be teeaed for thepnrpose

of perchasing and constructing the neces-sary irrigating canals and woefcs. aad ac-quiring the necessary property andrieiMBtherefor, for said Suburban Irrigation Dis-trict. Said amoent of $&i)00 being the acSaval estimated cost of said irrteat&e canal,works asd rights therefor as found and sch-Biltt- ed

to the directors bv the engineer incharge.

Those voting in favor of the isenine of saMbonds will vote --Bonds Yes." aad those on-pos- ed

to the isening of said bonds wBI voteNo." Said election wtU he open at

eight o'clock in the moraine of said dajr aaiwfB continae open antil S o'clock: in the after --

noon of said day.The voting places in said irrigation dis-

trict will be as follows:Voting precinct. Division No. 1, at the res-

idence of il. C Undsavoalot 4 of section. 4.in township 13. range &

Voting precinct, Divisioa No. 2. at the resl-dea-ce

of W. SL Hinman on the northeastqearter ot section &, township n. range 39.vwua; precinct, jjmeton J. at sne EQat- -

Uence of A. 31. Steward on the north jKjfdfsection rs, township h. range 31.

Dated Mav 6th. J5S&W. JL HINMAN, President3. C. LINDSAY.E. W. MURPHY.

District Board.Attest: T. C. PATTERSON. Secretary.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTTo the CoastituUon of the Lincoln

County Agrienitursl Society to feesubmitted to the stockholders at theregular meeting of the aesoojiioa s4the Court Hoose in North Phttte Mv23d, 1S86. at 2 p. ra. Amend ArtiefeII of the ConstituUoe to read as fM-kw- s:

ARTICLE IT. The capital stock ofthis society shall not oseeed cSjECQ, di-vided into I 00 shares of S5XO eacfc.None but shareholders shall be per-mitted to vote or to hold oSee in tifctsassociation. Bach shareholder shafthave as many rotes as he has sbairas ofstock; provided that all shareholderswho own shares of stock heretofore is-sued by this ssociatioa of the par vaiaeof 25 may surrender such shares to thisassociation and Teeeive in Hea thereoffive shares for one.

LESTER EHLLS, PrasidenL

GERM A N BA PTSTSWill find that the Union Pacific

offers superior advantages to thosewho attend the annaual ineetingv.tobe held at Ottawa Kans., Mav 26-2- 9.

One fare for round trip, plus twodollars, from points in Nebraskaand Kansas, is thd rate authorisedior the occasion.

Call on, or write for full

X. B. Olds Agent.