FLOATERS OF MINING CAMPS
How They Wero Afflicted by tho Gold Dis
coyerics in tho Frozen North
QUAINT WAYS OF A CUhlOUS CLASS
tlcsponsllilr f,,r ji,t f (lr. ,,tni yuc
Stnrlrn Mrtliodn Mini)- mill lc--t
1 01 1 Iritrrrattntr Study (if llic
'I'm in p of (lie DImkIukn.
AVhllo tho majority of tho people In the
Hocky mountain mine camps arc reading
with steadily growing regret nbout the
enormous wealth of tho Capo Nome gold
diggings the mlno camp tramps Hook to
tho saloons and with unconcealed Interest
and delight search each new Issue of the
newspapers for confirmation of the earlier
dispatches from tho north.
A right Interesting condition of affairs has
been developed In the home mlno camps
by tho Alaska rinds. With public thought
centered In tho Arctic zone tho homo
camp promoters and speculators hove found
their sales of "properties" growing lighter
and lighter. Tho transportation men. who
wero wont to rncc from range to range In
order to bo the first to establish stage and
freight lines to newly mado camps, have
been obliged to put their stock out to pas
turo. Dust guthers over stocks of hard
wuro and groceries. Tho footlights nrc
turned out In tho mlno camp theater and
tho mlno camp soubrettc smokes cigarettes
In solitude. Tho clink of the ball In tho
rouletto wheel Is heard but faintly, If at all.
Slnco Alaska was boomed the Wltwators
rand of tho Mojave desert Is forgotten In
tho cast and oven such famous camps as
tjreede and Crlpplo Creek nro boomed there
no moro than uro tho coal mlno towns of
Pennsylvania,
Nevertheless, though hard hit when tho
Alaskan news first came, the mine ramp
tramps havo risen superior to tho situation.
vvuon ana wncro they first developed has
nover been recorded and cannot now bo
learned, hut what they are and how they
nourish especially how they flourish Is
something known to overy observant per
son who has lived In n mlno camp In ro
ccut years,
ltoiv Mine Cniiip Trump l.ltr.
When Nat C. Crocde struck his pick
into tho Colorado mountainside and dls
covered the mlno ho called tho Holy jdoseH
-tho mlno that, with other properties
In tho neighborhood, made him rich and
famous, ho was known among the mining
men of the llocky mountains ns a grub
stake prospector. Three capitalists of
Denver had clubbed together to supply
Mm with ,a prospector's outfit burros,
food, tools, etc. and had sent him search
ing for "surfaco Indication, " "cropping,'
"true fissure veins" In short, for a pay
Ing mlno. It was n right good speculation
for theso capitalists. A llttlo later In
the tamo year a number of drug clerks
In Colorado City clubbed together and
sent a prospector like Crecde a man with
a grub-stake to explore tho then unknown
region of Crlpplo Crock. Their man found
what has slnco become famous us the Phar
macist mine famous becauso thero was
paying oro from tho grass roots down.
The stories of theHc utrllies run ovor
the whole mining region of tho nation,
ns a drop of oil spreads over wind-swept
waters. For every man who made money
out of tho work of theso two prospector
It is likely that 1,000 wero Inspired to try
tho samo method. And thero Is no form of
A PROSPECTOR DRlVINO HIS STAKE.
peculation moro common In tho mining
region today that that of "staking" a
prospector.
As a mailer nf fact, where a man like
Creedo Is employed an honest man who
has trained himself for the work by long
study and experience the speculation Is
sum to tuicrcctl In the long run. Anil It Is
In this Interesting stato of affairs that tho
mlno camp tramp has originated. Among
all tho sights In a new mlno camp, the hoat
tit prospectors with small outfits Is most
likely to astonlnh tho tourist and tenderfoot.
Tho wonder Is whero theso prospectors all
mi mo from and how Ihcy all got there.
They swarm lu tho streets and they are
scattered over the gulches and mountain
sides. Every one of them has staked out at
least one claim and many of them havo
staked claims In numbers, hut are still wan
derlng nbout to stake more. Hero and there
a, few aro ulnklng shafts.
If tho tourist btop3 to talk with nny of
them ho tlnds them learned In tho lore of
tha camp and of other camps. If the ac
quaintance bo pushed (and tho tenderfoot
Is never rebuffed by them) they ure found
living In all sorts of queer homes dugouts
In tho hillside, brush and log shacks, tents
anything to glvo shelter.
Dubious VroHpri'tliiif.
ny following them still further tuolr
"workings" shafts may be examined, and
It Is hero It at nil that tho tourist must
loam tho real character of his new friends.
In the first place, tho locations will be
round most remarkable. I have seen claims
naked out on the slldo rock near the foot
of a mountain the mass of debris that had
been thrown down by avalanches and Icfiicr
powers of snow and rain. There was no
Kuettilng how far away was the solid rock
of the mountain side tho "rock In place."
But In each case the prospector had found
piece of oro (or, at least, be said ho had)
at tho place ho drove his stake, and oro
was produced, together with an assay, to
Kocio.
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
ItHrtlflsiunydlBcststhofoodandnlda
Nature in strenutlionlng imd rocon
structlnf? tho exhausted digestive
Bans. ltlBthelatcstdlscovercddlpest
Snt and tonlo. No other preparation
can approach it In ctllclcney. It In
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, IndlRcstlon, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Fausca,
Sick Iloadaehc.GastralKla.Crampa and
all other results of Imperrectdlgest.on.
. ... . i.H.fll' tlmil
rrlca wo. ami II. largo izcoui Vf";
imullsUe. lkxiuulluboiitlY8iepslttniallea tree
rruaif a py iv v.. u hi
prove tho statement. Of course, there wasi
not even the ghost of a chanco of develop-
mg a mine there, but tho prospectors hid; that Is like betting a nickel against a hun
received the usual grub slake from some! drcd on a horse race or the turn of a card,
confiding speculator and were making thilri The sober Mil7.cn will try It onco for luck,
usual return. "wim u. hi .. ,. ,,,. ni,
Taking tho grub Btake a nuantltv of food '
io last, say, sixty days together with means ,
of transportation and tho necessaty tools for,
working u claim, they had gone away to the
newly discovered claim which some honest
prospector had located. Then they bad built
little shelters and had entered upon tho life
of the camp with zest. To while away the
timo in pleasant weathor they wandered
around tho region until some stray bit of ore
wns round. That this ore was dropped by
a miner from tho vein that gavo the camp
us existcnco was nothing to theso pros
pectors, I
".Mines nre where von find itinn u ..I
common proverb of tho enmn. That the
chuuk was a pleco of "floating" oro a plcco
ipui ny me nost and water from some ledge
far up the side of the mountain, and carried
by an avalanche down to the gulch, did not
suggest to them that they make a serious
THE THAMI' THEN' KXPLAIN13D THAT
KOH A JOKE.
examination of tho raountalnsldo to find tho
lodge. They staked out tbo claim where
they found Die "flout" tho odd chunk of
oro cracked open tho chunk to get a piece
of It with no moss on, and then took that
plcco to an ussnycr who would run It
through bis ictort and ask no questions.
The assajer's report was sent to tho confid
ing capitalist, who furnishes tho grub stake,
to encourage, him.
Projectors of this -crt are tho mine camp
trumps. Their si I ambition In llfo Is to
keep themssives suppl ed w th grub stakes
that they may I ve .n I'.lcnejs about the
mlno camps In bad weather uiiil In the sum
mer sunshine wander over mountains where.
Hill and game abound.
Tho most remnrkable of these rascals Is
tho desert trnmp the one who haunts the
desert region between and Including tho
Staked Plains of New Mexico and the Mo
jave In California. Tho barrenness of tho
region helps him. "Thero ought to bo min
eral here; If thero ain't thero ain't nothing
else worth anything," Is u common expres
sion. And then the colors of the rocks mm.
gest mineral. Iron In various combinations
Is gcnernlly responsible for tho colors, but
copper is' found In quantities sufttclent to
stain a mountain sldo and yet not yield a
dollar a ton In an assay. Then, too, tho pco-
plo who go to tho region, with rare excep
tions, go there expressly to get rich out or
mining, and for no other reason. They arc
not there for their h-alth, and they are will
ing to listen to tho talo of even a known
liar.
Wnnilrou Tiili'sj of I, out Mines.
Mnrvolous art- tho stories told and related
In tho desert camps. They get Into print
at frequent Intervals and tho tramp pros
pector knows them all. Who has not heard
of tho Gun Sight Lead lying somewhere In
tho Punamlnt mountains Just west of Death
valley? Ono of tho old emigrants who
crossed that fearsome gorge got separated
from his companions, but managed at last
to reach civilization In California. Ho had
picked up a pleco of whlto metal beside a
spring and carried It with him, though ho
had no Idea, what tho metal wns. Then,
having lost the front sight of his trusty
rifle, ho carried tho whlto metal chunk to a
guiiBmlth to have u new sight mado of It
Thero was a striking tableau when tho gun
smith saw tho chuuk, for ho recognized It
as native silver.
In strict conlldcnce tho tramp prospector
tcllB his victims that ho has plckej floating
rock from the fcot of the very mountain In
tho Panamlnt rango whero Gun Sight Lead
was found, and ho produces a piece of ore
showing native silver to prove his words.
Ilut when ho thus bad a fortuno within his
grasp his supply of food gavo out and ho
bad lo return to the railroad. Now, If tho
listeners would lit him out for sixty days
ho could go there, stake everything In sight
ana sink tho ten-foot shafts required by tho
law whero claims aro (o be hold
Or. tho prospector has seen theso marvel
ous little buttrs-tho "Twin Duties," that
rise through tho mesa somowhere between
the Amagofsa valley and that of tho Colo-
iiiiiu. wunu mints were uiscovercd by n
man who was lost cn tho desert, so tho talo
runs, and hn cracked off a piece of tho
chocolate-colored rock because It was stud-
act witn goiu as thickly as a miner's bIioq
with hob nails, and eventually got to a civ
iiueu locality, no nover could find tho
place again, hut tho tramp can If you will
Deueve mm. no says he found It by ucel
utm juoi ii d Uia iuuu gave oui. lie tins a
Pleco or chocolate. colored rock with tiny
specKs oi gom in it to prove his words.
Now. If tho listeners would fit blm out for
sixty nays ne couiu go thcte and stuko
everything In sight.
I heard that story told in n hoto
In Magdalcna. N. M ono day. Thoro wero
half u doien listeners, Including a commer
cial traveler. When the tramp produced his
chocolate-colored ore wllh gold nuggets
vtsiblo on opposite sides the commercial
traveler asked to see It. After some hesi
tation the tramp let him take It. It cer
taluly was heavy enough and It looked quite
like half rotten breccia with gold Hhowiug
on two sldrs, but the commercial man
dropped It accidentally and It struck on a
nail that projected an eighth of an Inch
above tho Moor. The shock broke the speci
men and then It wbb seen to ho n piece of
broken brass around which the tramp had
cemented some chocolate-colored earth.
Tho tramp then explained that he had ex
hibited the "specimen" for n Joko on tho
icncicriooi present, uui a citizen told mo
the fellow had "worked" ono man already
for a grub stako.
"I' In tlitt I.miiiI of I Ik- Mlrnui-.
That tenderfect should bo caught by tho
mlno camp tramps Is a matter of rourse,
but tho surprising fuel Is that tho Idlo
guild should be steadily supported by tho
old time residents of these camps tho
merchants and sober citizens. It costs say
THE OMAHA BA1LV 1W3 K: S UXDA V. A
J100 to slake a prospector. If four men
divide the risk It Is only J36 each, and
rrfin m.u n, ......
f'r.-oilo
the fellow Is telling the truth, and his
story certulnly Ir plausible, why then."
SoaVavs the mine rnmn rnr.ltnll.1 .mrf u-hnt
he thinks about following his "why then"
Is of the wondrous Joy of life .when the
shlDments of ore from this m.hs.lnrntrd
mine yield n $1,000 n day.
Kor It Is the region of the mirage.
When the Alaskan developments first
roused the country, tho trnmp prospectors
ftund their occupation badly hurt. Some
got grub stakes for nn Alaskan trip, re
markablo as that may seem, but the specu
lative capitalists In so many cases Joined
tho rush for tho north that the tramp
projectors wero often left standing. The
business men who did not leave the 'home
camns had far less money to risk on ven
tures. The number of men who'wero found
IID HAD KXHIHITKD THE "SPECIMEN"
picking for food nmong tho rcfuso of tho
mlno camp restaurants wns nover so
large.
Hut tho tramp prospector's genius has
risen superior to this, ns It hns always risen
supeilor to every 111. He knows thero Is but
one remedy for the stagnation In tho de
serted Rocky mountain camps, and that
remedy Is u new strike. He Is now going to
tho mine camp capitalists and Is saying that
thlB Is tho very time to venture, it Is In
tho nature of tho enpltallst especially tho
desert capitalist to listen. More Ingenious
still, tho tramp prospector has been. known
to announce his wondrous discoveries
through the newspapers. When he has tried
to begutlo tho speculative capitalists In vain
this trnmp, In thcJo last days, announces
through tho press thnt he has mado a dis
covery of wondrous riches. Through the
mine tnmp nowsgathers ho Is oven ablo
to reach the papers of tho wholo country.
Only a dnv or two oko tho dnv's Now York
papers contained n paragraph telegraphed
from Aiizona announcing a strike "of what
Is reputed to be very rich white gold-bearing
quartz." It admits that "the ground has
been prospected for many years, and heavy
cuts wero mado through It," when the rail
road was graded. "No ono suspected tho
presence of tho precious motals," of course,
but "n hole four feet deep hns been made
and n samplo assay shows $23,000 worth of
gold to the ton."
It Is possible, of course, that this dispatch
Is founded on fact. Thoro may havo been
WITH UNCONCUALnD INTF.RKST AND DHLIOHT THKY SEARCH KOR A CON
FORMATION OF THIS UARLIKR DISPATCHKS FROM THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
a strike of oro iissaylng J230 or 123 a ton,
In a plnco whero "tho ground has been pios
pected for many yenrs," but tho earmarks
of the tramp pro'pectors are In tho dis
patch. The ore In their claims either yields
thousands of dollars per Ion, or else there
uro millions of ions of low grade oro lying
where It can be worked r.t a cost not to
exceed J2.30 per ion.
Thero nro other tramps of tho desert,
Jirokon down specimens of humanity who
aro beggars only. They enn be found even
on that Inhospltnhlo trail that leads from
Mojave, Cn!.. to tho settlements In southern
Utah. How they live Ib more than I know,
but I havo seen a natural formation of
waters lying over tho range to the east of
Doath valley that Is known as Resting
Springs, and It got Its name becauso it was
a favorite with the tramps of both kinds
that frequent tho desert. Tho beggars, how
over, aro very little, If any, different from
those found In tho cast. They nro by no
means to be compared with tho plcturcsquo
tramps whoso ability us story tollers of tii'oi
Bbout lost mines and 4ends enables them to
wander at Idle will nmong tho fascinating
scenes of tho American wilderness.
The wolf In the fabio put on sheep's
clothlnc because If bo travolerl nn hi
reputation be couldn't accomplish his pur-
pose. Counterfeiters of DoWltt's Witch
Hazel Salve couldn't sell their worthless
salves on their merits, o they put them In
boxes and wrappers llko DoWltt's. Look
out for them. Take only DoWltt's Witch
Hazel Salve. It cures plies and all skin
diseases
CONS NOT EASILY CONNED
Meu Who Collect Fares on Omaha's Street
Cars Hard to Work. ,
NECESSARY FOR THEM TO LOOK SHARP
( oininii llnlila Them llpnpiiiinllile for
All llml Miu- mill (llillucn
'I' he in I" MmI.c
(illlltl.
"You see that woman who Just got on
the car that well dressed woman? She'll
try to bent mo out of her fare," a conductor
on a West I'arnuiu street car remarked to a
group of men who wero smoking on the
rear platform. "Just watch bow she holds
onto her nickel."
Tho conductor made his way along the
side of the car to the seat In which tho
woman was sitting. A gentle "Fare please"
bad no effect on her; she wns looking at the
beautiful landscape out tonard Dundee. A
demand for faro mado In a louder voice
did not distract her attention from the
cxqulslto sunset. Tho conductor reached
over and touched the woman on tho arm.
Sho gavo him a scornful look, but he
wouldn't tnko a bluff. He extended his hand
toward her. Sbo looked at tbo man tor a
moment and then gave a little exclamation
of surprise as sho dropped n nickel Into hi
hand. She had forgotten all about her fare.
"I haven't been on this line for some
time nnd sho had forgotten my face and
thought I was a now man," the fellow re
marked as ho returned to tho rearplatform.
"All tho old men on tbo line know her well.
Sho has been riding along here for several
years and always tries to beat the con
ductor. Her work goes with some of the
new men and she certainly Is an artist In
her line. A right fashionable neighborhood
would bo shocked If any ono wuro to an
nounce that that woman Is dishonest. She's
got lots of money, but sho freezes to U
tighter than anybody I know of.
"Sho used to try lo work tho boys ou
change. She'd glvo them a quarter aud
claim sho had glveu them half a dollar or
glvo them a half and claim It was a dollar,
but I haven't heard of her working that
game for moro than a year. Then she hnd
a plugged half that she tried to work off
on several of tho boys, but most of us uro
onto her racket."
"Do many peoplo try to avoid paying
fares?" ouo of the Interested listeners In
quired of the conductor.
"Well, I should say so. A great many
people, particularly women, seem to think
tb5 street car company Isn't entitled to
uny fares nnd they work all sorts of
schemes to beat us. In most cases their
work Is coarso and tho conductors get next
to It. When a conductor goes through a
crowded car he never .falls to demand fares
from all the peoplo who have a faraway
look In their cyts. The funny thing about
women is that they usually carry nickels
In their hands and after they have given a
fellow a Greenland stare they hand out the
little coins with a blush that glvee their
gnmo away. If they would dig their nymey
out of a pockctbook after they had been
culled down It wouldj't look so bad.
"Every conductor has a list of peoplo
who nro In tho habit of trying to glvo tho
street car company the worst of it and
after a man has been on any lino for u
few weeks ho is next to nil of thorn. One
conductor tells another of his experiences
with certain peoplo and In this way wo
keep thoroughly posted. I can point out
all tho regular patrons of this lino who
havo given conductors any troublo within
the last flvo years."
several years ago "shovers" of counter-
'felt coin tried their work on Omaha con
ductors, but found that they had slnelcd
lout tho wrong victims, for street car men
handle so much money that they get to be
as expert as bank cashlors in detecting
bogus money. When n conductor turns In
his sack of money nt night It Is bupposed
to contain good monoy for nil fares that
havo been registered on his car during the
day. In case any bad money is turned ovor
to tho company It Is charged to the con
ductor's account. Tho conductors, and not
,tho company, stand any shortngo cnused by
counterfeit money or mlstnkea In change.
o Troulilr mIHi (irc-ii (iuiitU" .lien.
Ilut very few IjIUh aro changed on street
curb nnd no bogus paper money has been
foisted on the company for sevoral years.
Kach conductor docs not chango more than
two bills a day. on tho average, and such
a careful scrutiny in irndo of all paper
money that dealers lu "green goods'
eschew street c.irs.
Occasionally a sharper presents n $5 or ?10
bill and switches It for a $1 or J 2 hill In
the hopo of setting ahead of a conduc'.jr,
hut tho street ear men nro too thoroughly
schooled In making chango to be taken In
on such nn old game. Kueh conductor Is
required to provide his own change nnd
knows exactly how much ho start3 with
In tho morning. When disputes nrlso over
change tho computing of the money re
ceived during the day is the work of hut a
few minute.) and tho men can tell whethor
any mistakes have been made.
Many bogus and defaced small coins
mnkt their way into tho hands of conduct
ors in sntto of their vigilance. Such coins
uro usually passed at night or In a crowded
car whero tho conductor cannot taku time
to scrutinize every fare.
"I don't pay very eloso attention to
coins that are smaller than u quarter,"
said a veteran conductor on the Harney
street line, "but a lead quarter has to be
n dandy to get past me. I can usually
toll by feeling a coin whether It Is good
and If I'm not certain I blto It. That Is
a suro way to detect tho lead boys.
"Klver or six years ago, when tho Mc
carty gang was nourishing, thero was
I considerable bad silver In circulation.
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ORCHARD
Bogus quarters and halves were common
and the new men used to set a lot of them
thrown back from the otllco. Ono day a
seedy looking follow hunded me a quarter
that didn't feel just right. I looked at
It for a mlnuto and then hit It. It flew
Into a thousund pieces thero was too
much glass In It. Tho fellow hepan to de
clare that ho didn't know that It was coun
terfeit and said that it had been passed on
lilni. Ho nave me a Rood quarter nnd l
took his faro without a word. I havo al
ways felt confident that ho had made glass
quarters or he wouldn't havo been oo quick
to deny nil knowledge of It.
"Another tlmo I got hold of a quarter
that wnB the cleverest counterfeit I have
ever seen. It was tho proper color and
the lettering was good, but it felt as thouch
it might bo too thick. I closed my teeth
on It and bent it double. The man that
gavo mo tho coin would not believe that
tho quarter was bad and contended that I
wni un iron-toothed niun and could do
that with any coin. I gavo tho coin another
twist and It broke open and proved to he
tho rankest sort of a lead slug. He ad
mitted then that It was bogus.
"A lead dollar Is tho hardest thing In
tho world to push and you nover find any
thing but a green hand trying to work one
off." said a Twenty-fourth street conductor
who has spent llvo years of hl3 life dodg
ing counterfeits. "I havo had a good many
lead wagon wheels offered to mo, but I
never took hut ono nud that was the first
week I worked In tho street car business.
A man with a lend dollar will always try
to palm It oft In a very smooth manner nnd
Invariably says something to keep the con
ductor from looking carefully at tho coin.
Ilut a man who Is experienced In making
chango will never pay nny attention to
sociability that Is forced on him nt such
a time."
QUAINT FUA'ITHICS OT MPI1.
Tho superintendent of tho electric street
car lines in Mliwnukeo has Issued nn order
forbidding nyitormen, t encircle tholr necks
with celluloid. Tho order wns drawn out
by' the serious Injury of Motornian Charles
Sanders. His motor burned out and while
ho was tinkering with It tho controller cnuio
In contact with his collar. There was a
Hash and a ring of uro encircled his neck In
an instant. Tho motormnn is sintering ter
ribly from his Injuries.
Mr. Kltwood I'omotoy of Iloston refers to
some qucor freaks of legislation In a recent
article. The Missouri legislature In 18HT
seriously debated a bill fining widows and
maldcps not less than $100 nor more than
J500 for rejecting a man. A Tennessee
senator would "forbid any person to linger
or loiter on any street, alley, rond or lane
In tho vicinity of any young women's board
ing school." These Instances nre on a par
with tho famous bill of the New York rep
resentative making It a penal offense to put
les3 than thirteen oysters In a stew.
"Chlncso qnliilng parties" nro the latest
fasbtonablo amusement for the fceblo
minded. Hero aro eomo samples nf the
questions asked and answered: ,
1. What two letters are luott popular In
China. Tea and cue.
'.. What Is proof that tho eyes nf I ho
Mongolians aie open nt last? Tho Yellow
sea.
It. Through what? The open door.
I. When the powers get hold of (he cm
press dowager what will they catch? A
Tailor.
5. If you are anxious to go to China what
will tho government do? Taku.
0. Then what will you ho In? Trans
ports. . ,
Tho Inventor of the game Is probably right
In saying that "other and better ones can
easily found.'
There Is much heart burning In Oak Hi 1
a suburb of St L.ouls, Ono of tho lodges
down thero held a "Cinderella contest" tho
other ulght snd tho prlie, a dainty pair of
Great Carpet Values
TAPKKTHY Brussels Carpets full line to select fromquality
sold at any store in Omaha at 00c to (5e this week at J te.
Ingrain carpets, all the short pieces and drop patterns to close out
this month at one-half price these will go on sale .Monday 10c
unions UOe HUc cotton chain and all wool tilling at Hoc (iOc wool
carpets, I10c 7i"5c best 2-ply ingrain made ,!".( $1.00 It-pl.v 'iir
pets, o0e. This is an opportunity to get a carpet at one-half usual
cost Hring your measurements no goods to be reserved, as these
prices are made to close out short lengths. Sample pieces of car
0 feet square, lieavvy quality, slightly soiled, every O
Extra
Morris
Chair
Values
Big
of
Metal
Beds
Kxcoptional
values aro otter
OUR f!0 Morris
Chair lundo of
select quarter eawod
oak or blroh, iimhopr
any polish finish
hair filled looso
cushion Wo do not
claim it n $20 chair,
ed in all brass and
the latest designs
A GOOD strong whlto iron bed
with mattrcst) and close weave
wire spring eomploto for
but It
$10
TVTICELY finished
11
inch square
prico only
bi.O
ouk
4.90
VERY nice pattern fancy 24-lneh
top oak stand with shelf
price only
& UN HELM CARPET CO.,
1414-1416-1418 Douglas Street.
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thc Clinton mining Co.'S
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$50.00 PER TON PROFIT IN JULY ON ORl: SHIPPED BY
THE CLINTON MINING COMPANY.
slippers, was awarded U the worthy priest
ess, who Ih the wife of the worthy patrlach I
of the lodge. The husband's first name,
by the way, is Adonis. Now, thero wore
other fair contestants whose husbands wore
not ofilccrs of the lodge nnd some of them
attempted to appeal from the decision, but
they wern refused a now trial and sever.il
tiny tootsies camo down hard upon tho
floor In righteous wrnth. The members of
tho lodgo have taken sides on the question
and war Is Imminent.
Tho New Orleans Times-Democrat tells
of a blind man In a southern city who
goes to tho postofllco every day, carrying
a small light riding whip, which he holds
slightly Inclined to the front, with the
tip Just touching tho pavement. His sense
of touch has become so delicate thnt the
whip is almost an nrtlflclal eye. When the
point encounters anything ho makes a few
swift passes over tho surface nnd generally
determines tho exact character of tha ob
stacle. It Is done so quickly and deftly ns
to attruct no attention, and few passers
havo tho least suspicion of tho old man's
Infirmity, When ho reaches tho postolllce
ho turns unhesitatingly, mounts tha mid
dle stairs, walks over lo the lock boxes,
nnd, without nny feeling around, thrusts
a key Into the right npcrture.
Some tlmo ago tho proprietor of one of
tho magazines wroto to a nunibor of news
dealers, asking them to find out why peoplo
bought tho magazine nnd why they illdu'l.
whnt they llkrd and what they didn't like,
nnd here aro some of tho answers ho got
(1) Confederate veteran, founil Inaccuracy
In war story. (2) Answered nn advertise
ment on the back pages and got swindled.
(3) It has too many pictures. (4) It hasn't
enough pictures. (S) It contained a story
thnt mado fun of the Irish. (6) It never
prints nnythlng about Now Orleans. (7)
It refused ono of my Jokes. (S) It comes
on Krldny, nnd am nfrnld It gives me bad
luck. IS) Our preacher says ho didn't
think much of It. (10) It has too many
love talcs; can't get It nwny from the
women folks. (11) Don't like the color of
tho cover.
Tin HpI Itrmcily for Stonmrlt nnd
llinvcl Tronlilrx.
"I havo been In tho drug business for
twenty years nnd havo sold most all of tho
proprietary medicines of any note. Among
tho entire Hat I have never found anything
to equal Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
p:arihoeu Itcmedy for all stomach and bowel
troubles," says O. W. Wakefield of Colum
bus, (ia. "Thl remedy curod two severe
cases of cholera morbus In my family, and I
havo recommended and sold hundreds of
bottles of It to my customers lo their entire
satisfaction, it affords n quick and sure
euro In a pleasant form. No family should
bo without It. I keep It In my bouse at all
times,"
13
tf.MU
iron and brass, bods thoy como in all
nnd llnUhes.
$5.00
solid oak stands
Ki-
75c
top with shelf
$1.50
V oooo a fttits Ir4 Vat: A u y
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A BEAUTIFUL
COMPLEXION
FREE
Mme. A. Ruppert's World Re
nowned Face Bleach almost
Without Coot
No matter how Blemished the Skin,
Face Bleach will make it perfect
Madame A. Ruppott rays i
"I know tlioio uro many Indleswho would
like to try tbo merits ot my Facn Wench,
but on account of tbo price, which Is ti.W
per bottle, or tliun buttles for 6.H), liuvo
hid sotno bcpilnncy In spending thnt
amount toconvltKo themselves of Itsgrcst
value. Tbuiefoiv, (IuiIiik this mouth, I
will depart from my uual custom tnd
offer to nil n trial bottlo, HHMclcnt to t how
Urn tit is all thnt 1 1 latin for It, for 25 cents
per bottle. Any reader of this eon send mo
i'J cents In stamps or fllvsr. nnd I will mid
ttwm n trial bottle of my world. rrniwi:eU
taco Illeach.cecurelypiH kod lu pliiln wrap
per, waled, nllclinrpet picpald. An oppor
tunity to Inst ho liimuus a leu.eily at fo
slight ft cot Is selduni oireicd. nnd I trunt
tbut tho rendeis of I tils, will take urtrnn.
tngo or It ut once, as tbo offer may not bo
repented.
Madatuo A. lluppert lias now been liofore;
tho pn 1)1 lo for ovor twenty jeais as tlis
greatest Complexion HpceiqllM.
hlio ft tho plonrcr lu livrnrt, nnd standi
pre-eminent at the lend, rbc Iuf hnd thou
sands of Itiiltulms, Init not o rlnvl" com
petitor. Knee nicuch is not n jhw untiled
remedy, Imt has been UKd by tl.e best
people for yeais. and for llfmlvlni und
icmiivlng ten, xinburn, moth, frrcklts,
sallowneit, Llnckbc ids, tcriiiif, plrnplo,
roughness or rcdrcsn of tl.e, l.n, ami for
briidKeuliig nnd beautifying tbo complex
ion. It Iihs nn equal.
It Is Absolutely llarmlrss to the most
Delicate Skin
The mnrvolous tuii t-mcnt nftern few
applications is mml nppumit, for tl:ti skin
iKvoinm as nntiiro lull ruled It should bo,
HMOOTII, t'l.KAIt AND WJIlTlI.frco fiorn
jory Impurity ami blemish, It cunnot
fall, for its notion is such Hint it draws tbo
Impurities out nf the skin, and dis not
coyer them up, and is invisible during use.
This is tho only thorough and permanent
wav.
Kor tho prcicnt I will ns slated above,
wnd a trial Iw.ttle of my Tato Illimrh to
anyone who will remit mo W enls In stamps
or tlhcr. llndume A. Kuppert's book,
"Hnw to lie lioautlful," which contains
nany points of great InteroH to ladles,
will bo mailed free upon application,
Addrciw all nrmimunicntUinn tn
AiAIMME. A, RUPPERT
6 East 14th Street, New York
V Us? f ' 4 :2 -7 JK.
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