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A LOCOMOTIVE HERO.
"Well , gentlemen , if you wish it , I'll
toll you the story. "When I was a
f youth of nineteen and lived with my
| parents in a Pennsylvania town , I
' had a tnstoforrnilroadingand aboy-
! ish ambition to become a driver , al
though I had been educated for loft-
1 v- ier pursuits.
During my colledgo vacation I
1 lounged about the station almost
I constantly , making friends with the
! trainmen , and especially wtih a
j drivernmnedSilasMavkley. I became
' much attached to this man , notwith-
3 standing ho was forty years old , and
\ by no menus a sociable fellow ,
j lie was my ideal of a brave , skill-
j ful , thoroughbred driver , and I looked
) up to him as something of a hero.
j IIo was not a married man , but lived
i alone with his old mother. I was a
! frequent visitor at their house , and I
I think they both 1 ook quite a fancy
} to me in their quiet , undemonstrative
| way.
i "When Markley's firemen left him I
i induced him to let me take his place
J during the remainder of my vacation.
i lie hesitated for some time before he
j consented to humor my boyish whim ,
t but he finally yielded and I was in
I great glee. The fact was that in my
idleness and the overworked state of
my brain I craved the excitement as
a confirmed drunkard does liquor ,
• and , besides , I had such longing
dreams of the fiery ride tlirough the
hills , mounted literally on the iron
horse. So I became an expert fire-
| man , and liked it exceedingly , for the
excitement more than compensated
for the rough work I was required
to do.
But there came a time when I got
my fill of exciement. Mrs. Markley
one day formed a plan which seemed
to give her a good denl of happiness.
It was her son's birthday , and she
wanted to go down to Philadelphia
in the train withoutlettinghimknow
anything about it , and there pur
chase a present for him. She took
me into her confidence and had me
to assist her. I arranged the prelim
inaries and got her into the train
without being noticed by Markley ;
who , of course was busy with his en
gine.The
The old lady was in high glee over
the bit of innocent deception she was
playing on her son. She enjoined me
again not to tell Silas , and then I
left her and took my place.
It was a midsummer day and the
weather was delightful. The train
was neither express nor accommo
dation , but one which stopped atthe
principal stations on the route. On
this occasion , as there were two spec
ials on the line , it was run by tele
graph , that is , the driver has simply
to obey instructions which he receives
at each station , so that he puts a
machine in the hands of one comp
troller , who directs all trains from a
central ioint , and has the whole line
under his eye. If the driver does not
obey to the least tittle his orders , it is
struction to the whole.
"Well , we started without mishap
and up to time , and easily reached
the first station in the time allotted
to us. As we stopped here a boy ran
alongside with the telegram which he
handed to the driver. The next
moment I heard a smothered excla
I mation from Markley.
"Go back , 5' he said to the boy ;
"tell Williams to have the message
repeated ; there ' s a mistake. "
The boy dashed off ; in ten minutes
he came flying back. "Had it repeat
ed , " he shouted , ' "Williams is storm
ing at you ; says there's no mistake ,
$ and you 'd best get on. " He thrust
jl the second message in as he spoke.
fj Markley read it and stood hesitat-
ii ing for half a minute. There was
I dismay and sheer perplexity in the
fc expression of his face as he looked at
| the telegram and the long train be-
| hind him. His lips moved as if he
I was calculating chances , and his eyes
f , suddenly quailed as if he saw death
I • at the end of the calculation. I was
j watching him with considerable curi-
I osity. 1 ventured to ask him what
! ! . was the matter , and what he was go-
| i ing to do.
II "I'm going to obey , " he replied
llj curtly. The engine gave a long shriek
If of horror that made me start as if it
11 were Markley's own voice. The next
f | instant we rushed out of the station
fj [ and dashed through low-lying farms
a' at a speed which seemed dangerous
[ I to me.
* | "Put in more coal , " said Markley.
Ij I shovelled it in , but took time.
" "We are going very fast , Markley. "
He did not answer. His eyes were
fixed on the steam engine , his mouth
close shut.
"More coal , " he said ; I threw it in.
The fields and houses began to fly
past half seen. "We were nearing
1 * Dumfreme , the next station. Mark-
ley ' s eye went from the gage to the
face of the timepiece and back. He
moved like an automaton. There
' < . • was little more meaning in his face.
" 'More ! " he said , without turning
hise3e. I took up the shovel hesi-
SLf. tated.
J | | i "Markley , do you know that you
ffiv * are going at the rate of sixty miles
W ; - an hour ? "
W : "Coal ! "
I was alarmed at the stern , cold
rigidity of the man. His pallor was
becoming frightful. I threw on the
coal. At least we must stop atDum-
i ; freme. That was the next halt. The
. . little town approached. As the first
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! % ' house came into view , the .engine
Ji * Eent its shrieks of warning ; it grew
, • ; louder , louder.
/ . We dashed into the street , up to
' j the station , whew a group of passen
gers waited , and passed it without a
halt of an instant ; eatching a
glimpse of the appalled faces and the
Yf.i - waiting crowd. Then we were in the
< $ , % fields again. The speed now became
% ' * literally breathless , the furnace
p glared red hot. The heat , the
i-'j- veloctiy , the terrible nervous strain
> , ofthe man beside me , seemed to
| H - weight the air. I found myself draw- ' .
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, H j * * ing long , stertorous breaths like one
1/gf-f / drowning.
Jl 1 . - I heaped in the coal at intervals as i
; he bade me. I did it because I was ' .
P- \ oppressed by an odd sense of duty , -
* which I never had in my ordinary j
- ' " brain-work. Since then I have un- ;
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dcrstood hoy. ' it is that dull , igtor *
ant men , without a spark of enthu
siasm , show such heroism as soldiers ,
firemen and captains of wrecked
vessels. It is this overpowering
sense of routine duty. It's a finer
thing than sheer bravery , in my idea.
However , 1 began to think that Mar
kley was mad , laboring under some
frenzy from drink , though Iliad never
seen him touch liquor.
He did not move hand or foot , ex
cept in the mechanical control of his
engine , his eyes going from gage to
the timepiece with a steadiness that
was more terrible and threatening
than any gleam of insanity would
have been. Once ho glared back at
the long train swer-ping after the en
gine with a headlong speed that
rocked it .rom fide to side.
One c-uld imagine ho saw hundreds
of menaulwomen it the carriages ,
talking , reading , smoking , uncon
scious that their lives wore all in the
hold of one man whom I now stronsr-
ly suspected to be mad. J knew by
hislookthathe remembered theirlives
were in his hand. IIo glanced at the
clock.
"Twenty miles , " he muttered.
"Throw on more coal , Jack , the lire
is going out. "
1 did it. Yes , I did it. There was
something in the face of that man I
could not resist. Then I climbed for
ward and shook him by the shoulder.
"Markley , " I shouted , "you are run
ning this train into the jaws of
death. "
"I know it , " he replied.quickly.
"Your mother is aboard this train. "
"Heavens ! " He staggered to his
feet , but even then he did not remove
his eyes from the gage.
"Make up the fire , " he commanded ,
"and push in the throttle valve. "
"I will not. "
"Make up the fire , Jack , " very
quietly.
"I will not. You may murder your
self and mother , but you shall nob
murder me. "
He looked at me. His kindly gra3"
eyes glared like those of a wild beast.
But he controlled himself in a mo
ment.
"I could throw you off this engine
and make short work of you , " he
said. "But look here , do you see tho
station yonder ? "
I saw a faint streak against the sky
about five miles ahead.
"I was told to reach that station
by six o'clock , " he continued. "The
express train meeting us is due now.
I ought to have laid by for itatDun-
freme. I was told to come on. The
track is a single one. Unless I can
make the siding at the station in
three minutes , we shall meet in yon
der hollow. "
"Somebody's blunder ? " I said.
"Yes , I think so. "
I said nothing. I threw on coal ; if
I had had petrolenm I should have
thrown it on. But I never Avas calm
er in my life. "When death actually
stares a man in the face it often fright
ens him into the most perfect com
posure. Markley pushed the valve
still further. The engine began to
give a strange , panting sound. Far
off to the south I could see the bitu
minous black smoke of a train. I
looked at Markley inquiringly. He
nodded. It was the express ! Istooped
to the fire.
"Xo more , " he said.
I looked across the clear summer
sky at the gray smoke of thepeaceful
little village , and beyond that at a
black line coming closer , closer across
the sky. Then I turned to the
watch. In one minute more
well , I confess I sat down and
buried my face in my hands. I don 't
think I tried to pray. I had a con
fused thought of mangled , dying men
and women , mothers and their babies.
There was a. terrific shriek from
the engine against which I leaned.
Another in my face. A hot , hissing-
tempest swept past us. I looked up.
"We were on the siding , and theexpress
had gone by. It grazed our end car
in passing. In a sort of delirious joy
I sprang up and shouted to Markley.
He did not speak. He sat there im
movable and cold as a stone. I Avent
to the train , and brought his mother
to him , and when he opened his eyes
and took the old lady ' s hand in his.
I turned away.
"Yes , gentlemen , I haAre been in
many railway accidents , but I hare
always considered that the closest
shave I ever had.
"What Avas the blunder ? "
"I don't knoAV. Markley made
light of it ever afterward , and kept
it a secret , but no man _ on the line
stood so high in the confidence ofthe
company after that as he. By his
coolness and nerve he had saved a
hundred lives.
The Monkey awl the Bell-Pimcli.
A dark-skinned , bushy-Avhiskered
man , in velveteen breeches , trudged
East 13th street "with , an organ on
his back and a crowd of hooting
youngsters after him. A tiny mon
key in a red coat , with a stovepipe
hat on his head , fastened AA'ith rib
bons under his whiskered chin , sat
on the organ and made faces at the
crowd. "When near avenue A the
organist began grinding aAvay again.
The monkey knew his business , too
and with a great chattering climbed
a five-story tenement house , boAved
his hat to the women and children in
the windows. From the monkey ' s
neck was suspended a small bell-
punch , like those formerly carried by
car conductors. "Whenever one gave
him a nickel he jerked the punch and
make the bell ring. This made the
people laugh and the money come.
"Where'd you get on to the idea ? "
the reporter asked the organ-grinder ,
with an Italian accent.
"Oh , bejabers , and did ye think
that Paddy Mack Avas wan of them
black devils ? Sure Avork on the pipes
is slack at prisint and I bethought
meself of this little dodge , deyez
mind , now , " and , pulling off his false
whiskers , the Hibernian gave a
hearty laugh and fought his Avay
tlirough the crowd that had by this
time dropped to the racket. Mrs.
Mulligan , from the second story Avin-
dow , was heard to remark to her
neighbor in the next Avindow : "Faith ,
and didn't we all knoAV that no
Etalayan would be smart enough for
fchat. And sure it's ould Ireland that
2fives the wurruld its janeusess. "
N'ew York Telegram.
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j JUPITER.
The ruddy planet of war is giving
place as the chief glory of the even
ing the chief of all the planets , Jupi
ter , the Greater Good Fortune of the
old system of astrology , in which
Mars Avas the Lesser 311 Fortune.
Tho contrast betAveen Mars and
Jupiter , as science now discloses
these orbs to our ken , is greater even
than that which astrology thu3
recognized. Mars is a minaturo of
out earth ; Jupiter , A\iiile much
larger the earth , cannot be regarded
as merely an enlarged copy of our
world. Jupiter belongs to another
order of orbs altogether. He not on
ly s not noAV like the earth , but
probably he neA-er will in the remot
est degree resemble her , regarded at
least in relation to the support and
nourishment of life , which Ave must
consider the chief purpose of all the
orbs peopling space. ( I am obliged
to explain here that Avhen I speak of
"purpose" I use the Avord in a non-
natural sense for Avant of a
better. I do not imagine that
any specific purpose which man can
understand exists in any of the oper
ations of nature , or resides in any
natural phenomena. But Avhen Ave
3ee that such and such operations
and such and such phenomena do ac
tually produce certain effects or sub
serve certain results , Ave find it diffi
cult nay , as language is constituted ,
it is impossible to speak of them
othenvise than Ave should if , in ac
cordance AA'ith ancient superstitions ,
those effects or results had actually
been purposed by Mother Nature. )
Jupiter is an orb so immense , and
in virtue of his mass so mighty , com
pared AA'ith the earth , that CAren had
aa'c no other reasons , AA'e must regard
him as belonging to a distinct class.
But so soon as we consider the effects
AA'hich must inevitably result from his
enormous size and mass , A\e perceive
that he must of necessity differ alto-
gether from our earth in his life his
tory. And AA'hen Ave note the results
of obsei-A-ation '
AA'e seethatheactually
does differ as to his present condition
in precisely such degree as AA'e should
antecedently haA'e expected.
Formed like all the orbs in space
by processes of condensation and ag
gregation , Jupiter must atthe begin
ning of his career haAre been sun-like ,
glowing Avith intense light and heat ,
the scene of disturbances akin to
those taking place still in the glow
ing orb AA'hich rules the solar system ,
possibly subserA'ing some useful pur
poses in the scheme of nature , but
also quite posssibly not at present
subserving any ; for nature is patient
and can afford to Avait , eAren , if need
be , for millions of years , until sun or
planet or satellite is fit for its special
work.
"With his immense mass , surpassing
that of our earth 345 times , Jupiter
could no more cool at the same rate
than the glowing contents of a great
furnace can cool at ttie same rate
and in the same time as a kitchen
fire. It is not a matter of specula
tion or a hypothesis open to doubt ;
it is not a matter of absolute certain
ty , that for the millions of years
which Ave now knoAV to have passed
AA'hile our earth AA-as cooling from her
sun-like condition , Jupiter must have
required tens of millions. It is prob
able though it must ahvays be
remembered that on questions ofthis
latter sort AA'e can only have proba
bility , not certainty that Jupiter ,
though his mass Avas gathered to
gether long before that of our earth ,
was not formedm any tens of millions
of years before the world on AA'hich we
live. Supposing him to haA'e been in
existence as a sun-like orb a hundred
millions of years before our earth be
gan to be , he Avould still be far
younger than the earth at this pres
ent time , considering age not AA'ith
reference to mere duration in time ,
but to developement. Certainlj-much
more than a hundred millions of
years haA'e elapsed since our earth
Avas in the sunlike stage , and in that
time she has done as much in the
way of cooling as A\-ould corespond
to five hundred millions of years'cool
ing in the case of Jupiter. If , then ,
Jupiter began his career as a sun-like
orb a undred millions of years before
the earth , and our earth Avas in that
stage a hundred millions of years ,
ago , Jupiter has passed through no
more than tAVo hundred millions of
years out ofthe five hundred millions
which he would require to reach our
earth's present condition. So that ,
on these very moderate assumptions
in regard to Jupiter ' s past and our
eaith's assumptions which are cer-
tanly far Avithin the truth three
hundred millions of years must pass
before that orb which is now shining
as the chief glory of our midnight
skies will have reached the stage of
cooling through AA'hich our earth is
passing noAv.
"Will Jupiter , however , be then in
the same condition as our earth ?
It was for many years a faA'orite idea
of mine that he AA'ould. I pictured
each planet passing through its fiery
childhood , its hot youthits temper
ate mid-life , its old age , decay , and i
death : and so far I think I Avas right. ;
The old idea , according to whiclithe
problem of other worlds than ours
had been for tAvo centuries dealt with ' '
the idea , namely , that all the planets ' >
are to be regarded as worlds in the <
fulness of world life , and all nourished -
( in greater or less degree ) by the \
sim must , I conceive , give place to [
the view resulting from all modern •
researches into the life history of our i
earth. The duration ofthe life stages :
of each planet's career must be so i
enormous ( judging from the evidence i
given by the earth as to hers ) , and '
the different planets , being so un- <
equal in size , must have life stages so 1
different in length , that to imagine ]
all the planets now in the same stage i
of planet life wwuld be to form an i
utterly artificial and fanciful concep1 1
tion of the past progress of events , i
We should have to suppose that the "i
larger planets had all commenced 1
their lives later , in just such degree 11
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that tho smaller planets had oxnotly
made up by their rapid changes for
tho lameness of their beginnings , and
in just such amount that all the
planets , the chief giants Jupiter and
Saturn , the inferior giants Uranus
and Neptune , thechiefterrestinlplan
ets Earth and Venus , the minor ter-
restial planets Mars and Mercury ,
and perhaps even all the satellites
and all the asteroids , haA'e reached
precisely that stage of planet life
which Ave recognize in the Avorld on
which wo live. This , of course , is ut
terly incredible , nay , even unimagin
able. The idea that all the planets
are ( in that sense ) Avorlds died Avhen
tho past history of our own Avorld
camo to be red , and its dependence
on physical processes such as Ave can
deal with and understand , and above
all , its relation to the progress of j
time , came to be recognized and ap- '
predated.
So far , then , tho views Avliich I ad
vanced first in my Other "Worlds than |
Ours may be regarded as supported ,
or rather as demonstrated , by knoAvn
facts. But I supposed further that
AA'hile tho smaller planets Iioav odd ,
decayed , or oA'en dead had been like
our earth , and that Avhile our earth
had been like Jupiter , and both our
earth and Jupiter , at still greater
distances back in the abysms of past
time , had been like the sun ,
the larger planets would one day be
like our earth.
I noAV see that eAen as one star dif
fers from another in all the details of
its life history. I see in the dead face
of the moon that though she has
massed through stages of vulcanian
listory akin to those passed through
> y the earth , her life history has not
jeen the same as the earths ; nor will
our earth , though she endure for tens
of millions of years to come , ever
present a face akin to the crater-cov
ered face of our dead companion
world. And in like manner , though
we have no traces left on our earth
ofthe time when she Avas in the part
of her life corresponding to that
through Avhich Jupiter is passing , I
cannot doubt that there Avere many
characteristic differences between
our earth's condition then and
Jupiter's condition now , although
in certain general respects there
may have been a very striking
resemblance. The two chief reasons
for such differences are , first , the dif
ference in the condition of atmos
pheric or vaporous matter on the
surfaces of planets very unequal in
mass ; and secondly , the immense dif
ference in the durations of the pro
ceeding periods of time through
which particular stages of planet life
have been attained.
To show the effect of the former
cause , suppose Jupiter , Avith his
mass 345 times as great as the earth ,
to be in the same stage of planetary
life as our earth , having the same
density , and clothed AA'ith an atmos
phere consisting of tho same gases ,
whatever these maybe at the par
ticular stage of our earth's history in
question , a point left purposely un
considered. Then , his mass being
345 times the earth's , Jupiter's di
ameter would be soA'en times , his sur
face forty-nine times , the earth's
and the total amount of Jupiter's
atmosphere being 345 times as great
as the earth's AA'hile the surface times
of Jupiter is only forty-nine times
the earth's , the amount of atmos
phere above each square mile of Jupi
ter's surface would be seven times as
great as the earth's. . Moreover , that
much greater mass of atmosphere
would bedraAA'ndoAA-nAA'ardwith seA'en
times the force of terrestrial graA'ity.
( The reader must not turn to tables
of elements and compare my state
ments here with theirs. I am dealing
wfth a hypothetical state of things. )
It follows , or Avould follow if eA'er this
state of things could haA'e existed ,
that the atmosphere of Jupiter at
the same stage ofthe common liA'es
of the earth and Jupiter pressed forty-
nine times as heaA'ily on the surface
as our earth's , and Avas therefore
forty-nine times as dense.
This of course Avould makethestato
of things in Jupiter and the earth en
tirely different. In other Avords , by
supposing certain conditions alike ,
Ave arriA'e at others entirely unlike.
Consequently the tAvo planets
haA'e never been and can never
be alike. The elfect of multiplying
six or seven fold , as we must , all the
periods of the earth's history , in or
der to obtain the durations for the
corresponding periods of Jupiter's
history , would be of course to inten
sify all the differences AA'hich Avould
arise from the differences in the
forces at work and the structure of
the materials acted upon during
those several stages of the histories
of the two planets. In fine , I take
it that while the liA'es of two planets
of different orders ( eAen perhaps of
any tAvo planets in the universe ) are
probably alike in that each passes
through sunlike childhood , a fiery
youth , a middle W of moderate tem
perature , a cold old age , till finally
It passes to the death-like stage
there is no resemblance in the actual
details of life any more than there is
betAA'eenthe details of the liA'es of
two animals of different orders rep
tile and mammal or insect and verte
brate e\'en perhaps than there is
between the life of an animal and
the life of a planet. Richard A .
Proctor.
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Pelicans Devour Their Fish.
"Washoe lake is covered Avith peli
cans and seagulls. Hv Downs was
in town and informed us that he had
been watching the pelicans through
a powerful field glass and saw them
start along the edge of the tules and
catch thousands of catfish andpercii.
Edward Harris Avas down to the lit-
ble lake and killed five in one shot.
He opened them and found the sack
under the bill full offish , the bones of
some of the catfish being fourteen
inches long. The seagulls catch the
small fish along the eastern shore.
Hie pelicans liA'e in the tules from the
aid windmill to Franktown and can
be easily got. A person can crawl up
aearly close enough to kill them with
i fishing pole. He says that there
are about fiAe thousand of them , and
that they feed about five times a day
and catch from five to eight eA'ery
bime they feed. At this rate it won't
be long before the lake will haA'e no
Ssh in it. Carson City Tribune.
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A'Cuban Tribute to Bnnnty.
A Cuban letter in the Philadelphia
Times relates tho following incident as
happening upon a train : "A young fol
low pnBsmg a mother and radiantly
beautiful daughter on his Avayout of tho
car , doffed his hat , stood straight up and
tall before tho couple ho had never bo-
fore scon , and AA'ith the dignity of a vor-
itablo Don Quixote said in Spanish :
'Old woman , keep that daughter of
heavenly beauty for the unworthy ono
beforo you ! " Then ho strode aAvay. Tho
aged senora responded pleasantly : "I
will faithfully keep her ! ' Nobody
thought amiss of tho episode. That sort
of thing is of common occurronco upon
the street and in all publio places in
Cuba. Tho sociological excuse for it is
that beauty everywhere compels and is
worthy of adoration. "
AiioIIkt of Kortuiitt'ft I'uvorltcs. .
Galveston iTcx. ) Xcw , July 7.
! Each of tho last two draAvings of Tho
; Louisiana State Lottery has left a large
| slice of tho capital prize in this citj- ,
! viz. , § 15,000 in May and $15,000 in Juno.
! The fortunate Avinncr of the last $15,000
Avas Mr. George "W. Seibert , a resident
of Gah'eston and employed as book
keeper in the auditor's oflico of tho
Gulf , Colorado & Santa Fe railwaj * . Mr.
Seibert held one-twentieth of ticket No.
90,443 which won the capital prize of
So00,000. A News reporter encountered
Mr. Seibert yesterday , and asked him
how ho AA-as enjoying his recently ac
quired fortune. "I admit , " remarked
he , "that the suddenness Avith which tho
unexpected good luck camo someAvhat
unnerved me , but I think I have now
fully recovered from the shock , • Avhich ,
by the Avay , is a very pleasant sort of
experience , which has to be felt to be
appreciated , as it cannot bo properly
described. "
"Oh , yes ; I got the money immedi
ately by depositing my ticket with Ball ,
Hutchings & Co. , Avithoufc even having
to pay any discount or exchange. "
"It was not my first venture and
doubtless will not be my last with the
Louisiana Lottery. I have been buy
ing tickets for some time , and while I
neA'er regarded it as an unprofitable in
vestment , I AA-as not sanguine enough
: to expect such good luck as the winning
j of a capital prize. "
j The race-track starter is the man who ie
taken at his word.
Tho Campaign In Nebraska.
TKO-tlilrdsof the people of Xelra ka are rcpiibll
cans It Is safe to p. edict that Harriuou and Morton
Tvlll carry the itite by from tweuty-fi\e to thirty ;
thousand majority. This majority Is assured even
If every republican paper and every republican cam
patgn orator remain mute on the national i iue3
! from now until the Cd of November. But there are
l Issues tital to the people of this state which must
be fought out In the open arcni. In this IrrepressI
Die contest party lines cannot safely be drann.
The people of Nebraska are confronted wit h crave
problems with which the next legislature must grap
ple. Nebraska is on ? of the most taxrldden states
In America. State taxes arc higher In Nebraska
than In any state In the union , excepting alone Ne-
vnda. AVith a debt of les ? than half a million , of
which over four hundred thousand dollars Is Leld by
the permanent school fund. Nebraska last year lev
ied a state tax of eighty one cents on the hundred
dollars of assessed valuation. The state of Louisi
ana , with a state debt of nearly twelve millions , lev
ies a state tax of only sixty cents on the hundred
dollars. North Carolina with a state debt of over
fifteen millions levies a state tax of only tuenty-ftve
cents on the hundred dollars. The state tax In
Iowa Is twenty-ilvc cents. In Kansas forty-one cents ,
Minnesota thirteen cents , and A\"i3consin fifteen and
three quarter cents on the hundred dollar5. The
ordmaiy running expenses of this state for salaries
and maintaining state institutions are over one mil
lion a rear , and tne last legislature piled up appro
priations for another million a year which have to
he wrung from a people hea\lly burdened with
county and municipal taxes. How Is this cxhiusi ing
drain to be checked ? IIow are the people to secure
taxicductiun and a more equitable dUtilbutlon of
the burdens of taxation ? Canthe = e needed reforms
be seemed unless the next state officers and legiilt-
tors are men of integrity and men who cannot bo
swayed fion. their duty ?
This Is only one of the I sues Ths e\cr nre'S'ng
and ev cr present tallroad Issue must be met and the
lines must be sharply denned between honest men
who will faithfully repicjcnt the people , and veml
togues who want to sell out or Intend to use their
positions for levying blackmail. Brazen throated
raihoad politicians and professional Jobbers will , as
usual , howl themselves hoarse over the national
l sues In orderto befog the taxpajers , and'eck to
keep the issues in which the people are more vitally
concerned In the background. They will discuss
protection and free trade when the people want
to hear about xevislon of the state as ement Uws
and railroad regulation They will fight over the
battles of the war. but make no reference to the
scandalous debauchery of our legislature and the
law defying couise of the railroads. It remains
to be seen , hou ever , whetner the people of a state
that proudly boasts its intelligence can be dccclv ed
and distracted by such tacticIt remains to be
seen whether they will blindly support "yellow dog"
candidates because thev were tagged and labeled
straight bj a packed convention. The campaign in
Nebraska has already begun. The indu tnal cla'"i's
must do their duty. Let them rally and unite , re
gardless of party , to e'ect honest , competent and
unpurcha = able men to the next legislature. The
Bee proposes to do its full share of the work tore
deem the state from monopoly misrule. AVith this
end in view it will labor earnestly until the legl U-
tnre convenes. AA'e want to plsee a copy of the ,
AVtiKLYBiE In the hands of evtry farmer and me
chanic and appeal to friends of good gov ernyient ti
aid us. AVc will furniih the Aki.y Bin fr .in
now until the end of'litvear for thirty five cents ot
in clubs of ten for thtee dollars. Address all ordew
to The Bee Pibli-hisg Co. Omaha , Neb.
"Wet tobacco applied to a bee or wasp
sting will give instant relief. j
Clark "Well , I will declare ! Smithers , j
how you have picked up lately. " Smith
ers "Yes , yes ; things were bad enough
-with me a little while back , but I happened '
to run across the advertisement or 15. F. •
Johnson & Co. , of Richmond , Va. , and
they put me in position to make money I
right along. If you know of anybody else !
• needing employment here is their name
and address. "
With defaulters it is fly-time at any sea
son of the year.
MANCE , Galls , Scratches , Cracked Heel.
.Thrush , and all diseases of the feet and irrita- '
tions of the skin of horses and cattle quickly !
and permanently cured by the use of Veterl- .
nary Carbolisalve. 50c. and $1 at Druggists , j
How to get even with some men Pay
them what you owe them. I
Miss Jennie Hannum , avIio recently
attended Elliott's Business College ,
Burlington , Iowa , has secured a good
position at Ft. Madison , low a.
The cholera in phantom appears to be a
ghostly sort of disease.
Tlie Remarkable Growth of thelUoxio
Company.
It was only three years ago that this !
Central American plant , Moxie Xervo
Food , first came into use. Now it is the
common beverage of the leading people of
the United States. To nati.sfy the public in
credulity , the company offered ? 5,000 if
they could not proA'e it had recovered
hopeless , helpless cases of old paralysis ;
helpless men under the liquor appetite ; in-
A'alid women , completely broket with ner
vous exhaustion until utterly wrecked ;
cases medicine could not help.
It's a mighty poor tramp that hasn't '
got a scent.
ICnlf ICate E.vciir > .I < > nsi.
The first of the series of Harvest excur
sions via the Missouri Pacific railway and
Iron Mountain route to Arkanta and
Texas , will leave August 21st ; others to
follow Seotember 11th and 25th , October
9th and 23d. Ticket1 ! will be sold at one
fare for the round trip with a limit of
thirty days to return and ample stop-over
privileges.
There is no tick in the silent watches of
the night.
AVhcn Eaby was sick , we gave her Castoria ,
AThen she was a Child , she cried for Castoria ,
AThen she became 3Iiss , she clunjj to Castoris ,
AThea she had Children , she jjaTe them Castoria ,
i
t
She Couldn't Undnmtnud It.
"What in tho world haa happened to
you since tho laat tltno I saw you" ? asked
ono ludv of another when thoy mot on tho
( • troot tho other day ; ' • ! can't understand
lt. Then you woro palo , haggard and lovr-
Hpirlted.and I remember you said that you
hardly cared whether you lived or dlod.
To-day you look over ho much younger ,
and it iB vory evident from jour beaming
face that your low ftpiritu have taken
llight. " "Yen , indeed ; " was the reply ; "and
shall I tell you what drove thorn uwhv ? Ic
was Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I
was a martyr to functional derangement
until I began taking tho 'Prescription.
Now I um as well as I over was in my lifa.
No woman who suffers as I did , ought to
let an hour pass befoie procuring this won
derful remedy. "
Judge Thurmau has u fortune of about
? 500,000.
How to ICedtico Your I xpcnc .
You can do it easily , and you will not
have to doprivo yourself of a single com
fort ; on the contrary , you will enjoy life
moro than ever. IIow can you accomplish
this result ? Easily ; cut down your doc
tor's bills. When you lose your appetite ,
and become bilious and constipated , and
therefore lowpiiited , don't rush off to tho
family physician for a prescription , or , on
tho other hand , wait until you are sick
abed before doing anything at nil. but just
go to tho druggist's and for twenty-live
cents get a supply of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets. Take them as directod ,
and our word for it , your unpleasant
Bymptoms will disappoar as if by magic ,
you will have no big doctor's bill to pay ,
and everybody interested ( except the doc
tor ) , will feel happy.
Tho Archduko John of Austria has boen
rostored to official favor.
A I rIzo of $100,000
is a good thing to get , and the man who
wins it by superior skill , or by an unex
pected turn of Fortune's wheel , is to be
congratulated. But he who escapes from
the clutches of that dread motiHter , Con
sumption , and wins back health and bap-
" pineas , is far more fortunate. The chances
of winning 5100,000 are small , but every
consumptive may bo absolutely euro or re
covery , if ho takes Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery in time. For all scrof
ulous diseases ( consumption is one of
them ) , it is an unfailing remedy. All drug
gists.
Never eat heartily when tired to death.
Dynpepsia comes from neglect of the
simplest rules of right living.
For The Nervous
The Debilitated
The Aged.
' Medical and scientific skill has it last eolvctl ths
problem of the Ion * ? needed medicine for tho cor.
touh. debilitated , and the aged , by combining' tho
beet nerve tonic * . Celery nd Cocawith other eilec-
tiva remedies , which , aetinjr gently but efficiently
on the kidneys , liver and bowels , remove disease ,
restore strength and renew vitality. This medicine is
'If nils a placoheretofore unoccupied , and maris
a new era in the treatment of nervous trouble * .
Overwork , anxiety , disease , lay the foundation of
nervous prostration and weakness , and oxpeneno
has shown that the usual remedies do not mead the
strain and iiaralysis of the nervous system.
Recommended by professional and business man.
Sand for circulars.
Prico SI.00. Sold by drcizists.
WELLS , RICHARDSON & CO. , Proprietors
BURLINGTON. VT.
DUTCHBR'S FLY KILLER ! !
CERTAIN iDE&TH.
Ko hunting with poirrit'r and enn ai for squirrels
only to stiipify tin No lln eriiip : dea'h on the
fctrickins plaitcr. Flies seek it , drink and are
KILLED OU ; RIGHT
huniamly , to quickly tlieycsnnot get away. Use It
freely , l'revent reproduction , secure serene peace
and quiet. Alwius ask for UUTCHEIi'S.
FIEKO'K. m/r < ISKIC , S t. AllmiiM , Vt.
PRPP 53fnflP0 At tho rato they hare been go-
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beoc. n. y < : r Now , ,
ttUGG toi cur u fcek Uidu tte3 asLui * a iJj , * nerOcrt.
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tuta. AAiMaTHJBWJKSTERN WOKUD.CMcnao.llL
Send for our catalogue , fee , on Well HorinK and
. . ' "al Prospecting iHurliinrx. &c.
LOOIVUS & . MYMAN , tiffin. OHIO.
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Agents pfrferreil who can furn sh a liorse andtrivt 1
their whole tlini' to the biuincss. Spare moments
mav be prorirably employed alo A few vacuciei !
in towns and cities , li F JOHNSON & Co. , 11XW t
Main Street , Richmond , Va.
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XMI W rjTeitfcom andmikemoraiaontyworUnfertitfcan
UyjiyiitniiTthiiizeUe In th * world Elthtr itr Coitljouttt
yzxz. Ttroi reti. Addrfn. Tttii Co. , Aupuu , Kimc
17 * PftoSS per daw Samnle * worth SI.5 Fir.E.Liaes
'fkB'Jjnot under tae "nora feec Write Brewster
WSaiety Rem Hold erCo. . Holly. Mien.
Pni H I' orth tXO per lb. Petll's Eye lalvs is
UULUworta tl.UMbut iseold at ' - ca box by uealarg
W. N. U „ Omaha. 42C 3 ? .
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Deicribes tho condition of many peoplo acWKtateC ,
by the warm weather , by dlsaaie or timrirettz- I
Hood's flariaparllU Is Just tho medicine e * * 3 * •
overcome that tired fectlnic , to purify n < ! rjwdws * j
the sluggish blood , and restore tho lost sppstitc 3E * 5 * 1
yoanirdagood modlclna b turo to try HocdV * * • f | I
ttparilla. | | I
"My appetite was poor , I could not sloept Ii l he- m I
acho a great denl. pains In my barlf mybowrt"1 § | I
not move regularly. Hood's HnnaparilU In 11 tt - 3 I
time did me so much good that I ftfol llknuncwimai flg I
My pains and aches aro relieved , my oppetlto ! * - 9 I
proved. " Ukokok K. Jackso.y. Itoxbury Btatk- a I
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