One Stroi( Point.
••I don’t know what will ever be
-eome of you. Tommy," said his moth
L- er. '‘You tear your clothes, knock
the soles off your shoes, punch holes
into your hats, lose your school
books, fool away your toys and play
things, and don’t take care of any
thing. You waste a great deal by
your heedlessness. Tommy. ”
“I don't waste nothin’ in hand
k'chiefs, mamma," snuffled Tommy
indignantly.—Chicago Tribune
nail’s Catarrh Cora
Is taken internally. Price, 75e.
Cheap Tickets
Via the Omaha & St. Louis R. R. and
Wabash R. R. St. Louis, one way, <9.19,
round trip, 815.35. On sale every Tues
days and Thursdays. St. Louis: Round
trip October 3d to 8th, 811.50. Home
seekers’ Excursions. South: Septem
ber 31, October 5 and 19. One fare the
round trip, plus 83. Springfield, 111.:
Round trip, 813.35; on sale September
18, 19, 30. For tickets and further in
formation call at 1415 Farnam St. (Pax
ton Hotel block), Omaha, dr write O.'
21. Clayton, Omaha, Neb. ■■
Don't Tobsees Spit snd Smoke Tour LDo Anqr.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
ll ac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak
men strong. All druggists, 50c or $1. Cure
guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
**I wish, sir, to ask for the hand of
youc daughter in marriage." "Bui
are you in a position to support a fam
ily?” “Oh, I think so, sir.” "Yes;
but yon must consider the matter
pretty carefully, for there are ten of
us.”
Bnormosa Treasures In India.
It is estimated that the treasure ly
ing idle in India in . the shape of
hoards or ornaments amounts to £350.
000,000. A competent authority cal
culates that • 'in Amritsar City alone
there are jewels to the value of £2, - '
OuO. 000 sterling.”
FABRCLL'S BCD STAB EXTRACT IB
The best; si! grocer* will refund youi mossy If
yes Are not aatlafled with It.
Rev. Dr. Hale of Boston, is. collect- 1
Ing for comparison and analysis the 1
cavings of children..
John McDonald of the New ■ York
bar, is said to bear a remarkable re
semblance physically to President
Cleveland.
Bdneate Tour Bowels With Cascarsts.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forevsr.
(Do. If C. C. C. fail, dcuzslsts refund money.
No man-can do good its he has op
portunity without enjoying the occu
pation. iii . , ....... ,
Call the day lost on which you have
not been anxious to make somebody
happy.
John Howard I'ljnt't Claim.
When John Howard Payne, the au
thor of ‘•Home, Sweet Home,” died
in Tunis, in 1852, the government
owed him $205.92 salary as consul at
that place. It has been owing it
ever since. Payne's, heirs are now
trying to get congress to make an
appropriation to discharge the obli
gation. If compound interest should
be reckoned on the sum? for the for
ty-one years that have elapsed the
heirs of the poet would receive a
comfortable, fortune. However, the
bill that has been introduced „for
their relief only appropriates the
amount of the original claim, $205.92,
which is not enough to . fight over.
The government does not allow in
terest on unclaimed money left in its
possession.
j’afcjr- uinhsib./j, ^| |
Ask your grocer today to show yon
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink, that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without
Injury as well as the adult All who
try It like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it Is
made from pure grains, and the mast
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. 34 the price of coffee.
15 cents and 26 cents per package.
Sold by all grocers. Tastes like cof
fee. Looks like coffee.
“Has man a perfect organ of
speech?” “Yes.” “Has woman also?”
“No; hers is made without stops.”
The electric lamp industry of New
York gives employment to between
2.00J and 3,000 girls. It is piece work,
and pays about 99 a week.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house.—D. C.
Albright, Mifllinburg, Pa., Dec. 11, ’95.
A Collection or Fans.
The most celebrated collection of
fans in the world is now in the print
room of the British museum. It was
brought together by Lady Charlotte
Scribner, who presented the fans to
the museum.
Dr. Kay’s Renovator is all that it* name
would indicate. It restores to healthy ac
tion the functional organs, curesconstipa
tion, dyspepsia, liver and kidney diaordm.
Trial size, 25c. See advt. , ' -
Ex-Treasurer P. E. Spihnef, 'who
had more autographs in other people’s
hands than any man of his time, is to
.have an eight-foot monument, costing
910,000, erected to his memory in
Washington.
To Cure Constipation Forever,
Tnke Cnscarcts Candy. Cathartic. 10c orOo.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Many a girl who marries for leisure
repents in haste.
A good way to keep all the boys on
the farms would be to keep all the
girls there.
The Blue and the Gray.
Both men and women are apt to feel a little
blue, when the gray hairs begin to Bhow. It’s ■
a very natural feeling. In the normal condition '
of things gray hairs belong to advanced age.
They have no business whitening the head of
man or woman, who has not begun to go
down the slope of life. As a matter of fact,
the hair turns gray regardless of age, or of
life's seasons ; sometimes it is whitened by
sickness, but more often from lack of care.
When the hair fades or turns gray there's no
need to resort to hair dyes. The normal color
of the hair is restored and retained by the use of
’s Hair
Ayer's CnrebooV, story of cores told T>y the cured.*
Y free. .JU C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.
Safe Coasting
is hoi a certainty on any bicycle,
btti the nearest to it is coasting on a Colam- 4
bia. The 5% Nickel Steel Tubing, used
only in Coiumbias, is the strongest material
known in bicycle construction.
"Columbia Bicycles
STANDARD OF THE WORLD at
j here snottia be no question in your mind •what •wheel to buy*
J897 Hartfords..$50
Hartfords, Pattern 2, * * * , 45
Hartfords, ‘Pattern J, . * ia',1 40
~ . ‘ _’ - •' 1f ■ ’ j '
POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Coon.- .
El Colombia* an not property rcpreacnted in year -vicinity, let n* know.
Walter Baker & Co.’s
(Breakfast COCOA
Pure, Delicious, Nutritious.
Coeta Leas than ONJ5 CENT a cap.
Be cure that the package bear* our Trade-Mark.
Walter Baker & Co. Limited,
!
(Eatabliahed 1780.)
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Dorchester, Maes.
I
% EDWARD SPURR
IN ‘'OUTING."
The Famous Yukon Riven
In Outing for September Edward
Spurr, of the United Statea Geological
Survey, speaks as follows of the great
JUhskan river:
“Only two routes are available. One
must either go to St. Michael, in the
Behring sea, and thence up the River
Yukon, from its outlet to the begin
ning of its headwaters, some 1,500
miles, or land at some point of the
Pacific, cross the head of land and tap
the headwaters of the Yukon at their
source.
“In either event the Journey must be
completed before September, when the
Yukon freezes, and Alaska's arctic win
ter of the utmost rigor sets in and
grips its vise.
“At the little town of Juneau we left
the steamer and made preparations to
turn our backs for good upon civiliza
tion. Our proposed route lay across the
coast mountains to the headwaters of
the Yukon and thence down that river
as a highway, making such excursions
from it as became necessary.
“Alaska is a most difficult country
for traveling, even in the only available
short season of its arctic summer, there
being no roads; and even Indian trails,
on account of the small number of na
tives, are very rare. The surface is
rough, being traversed by many ranges
of mountains. Even in the more levfel
portions travel is hindered in the sum
mer by the wet moss which grows
knee-deep, and by the insect pests; in
the winter it is made impossible by the
intense cold. In view of all these diffi
culties, the peculiar relation of the Yu
kon river to the coast is such that one
might fancy Nature had arranged it es
pecially for a highway, through this
inaccessible Interior, in partal compen
sation to man for the obstacles she
has put in his way.
me neaawaiers or me networK or
streams that ultimately drain into the
Yukon river fortunately lie within
about thirty miles of the sea. Just on
the northern or inland side of a range
of mountains which runs along the
southern coast of Alaska. From this
point the river flows north, away from
the sea, far toward the Arctic Ocean;
then, suddenly changing its mind, turns
west; and ,finally, after traversing the
whole width of Alaska, arrives at the
Behring Sea, its entire course being
considerably over two thousand miles.
For a considerable distance it Is a
broad and deep stream, so that one may
go quite through the center of Alaska,
from sea to sea, by crossing only thirty
miles or so of land.
There are various routes across the
coast mountains to the various heads
of this river. Of these we chose that
over the Chilkoot Pass, which is the
shortest, although the mountains
which must be thereby crossed are
higher than any of the other routes.
Hardship* of the Trip to the Klondike.
"We were huddled together so closely
that we perforce became speedily ac
quainted, for although the space on
the floor was large enough for all of us
to sit down, there was hardly room to
stretch out. When we grew weary of
chatting, however, and of listening to
the sound of the water as the boat
threshed its way onward, we were
forced by drowsiness to sleep where we
could, and soon sleepers were scattered
around in the most grotesque and un
comfortable attitudes. I had coveted
a space on or under the little table used
for eating purposes, but found that
choice position fully occupied before I
made up my mind to retire; but I fin
ally wedged myself into a narrow space
between the boiler and the pilot .house,
where, throughout %the night, passers
continually stepped on my head. How
ever, I slept several hours.
The system of eating is worthy of
note. The table accommodated about
six at a time, whereas, as I have men
tioned, ^ were fifty or sixty in all.
At each meal one or two, or sometimes
three, sets of passengers would be fed;
then the captain, the sailors, the Chi
nese cook, and the dish-washer, after
which the rest of us got our rations,
in good time. As we grew very hun
gry during this process, we would
stand around patiently waiting our
chance to slip in; but.sometimes be
fore we had tasted the.tempting liver
and coffee (to say nothing or the
beans), we would be summarily ejected
by the dish-washer, who was a very
young man of dashing exterior and pe
culiar vocabulary, and who would dis
perse us with the assertion that “By
-. the crew is going to eat now.”
Croulni the Now Famous Chilknot Pass.
“The trip from salt water to the head
of the navigable waters of the Yukon
is usually made in two stages, of each
about fifteen miles. The trader at
Dyea had brought in a few horses, and
we engaged him to transport our camp
outfit and provisions over the first
stage, where the trail, though rough,
can be gone over by pack-animals.
Some of the miners, however, engaged
Indians immediately at Dyea to pack
the whole distance, and, as it afterward
proved, this was the wiser plan. We
could also have obtained saddle ani
mals, but our little party preferred to
walk for the sake of getting toughened
for the harder journeys that were to
follow.
"The trip turned out to be exception
ally fatiguing, a large part of the dis
tance being through sand and loose
gravels in the bed of a stream, where
it was impossible to find a firm footing;
several times also we had to wade the
stream. The valley along-whose bot
tom we Were thus traveling waa narrow
and canyon-like, with steep bare
mountains rising high on either side.
The tops of these mountains, so far as
We could see, were capped with ice;
&nd this great glac'cr stretched out
long fingers down Into the valley along
, each of the gulches or recesses in the
mountain wall. Finally, crossing the
river a last time on a fallen tree, we
followed the trail up into the more
rocky and difficult portion of the val
ley; and some miles of this brought
us, thoroughly tired, to our halting
place.
"From Sheep Camp, where we were,
the only way to get our supplies over
the pass was to get Indians to carry
them. Although these Indians are no
stronger than average white men, yet
they greatly excel them in point of
endurance, and they willingly under
Atter awhile the well-beaten trail
faded to almost nothing, and at the
same time the snow-slope became of
excessive steepness. Wo were obliged
to kick footholds for every step, on a
surface so smooth and steep that a slip
would have sent us sliding into depths
which we could not see. Looking down
It seemed a bottomless pit, shapeless
and fathomless. In the eddying fog.
On the other side of the summit a
short but steep declivity led down to
a small frozen lake, named by the
miners Crater Lake, on account of the
steep, crater-llke walls which sur
round It on three sides. On one side,
however, this wall opens out Into a
valley, through which a small stream
runs; the lake Is, therefore one of the
ultimate sources of the Yukon, and It
was with a feeling of relief that we
stepped upon its frozen surface.
The Chllkoot Indian ranker*.
“At Dyea Is a small trading-post,
kept by a white man, around which is
gathered a village of Indians or Slwaah,
belonging to the Chllkoot tribe. They
are by no means 111-looking people.
The men are strong and well-formed;
the women (naturally, when one con
siders their mode of life) are Inferior
to the men in good looks. These wo
men have a habit of painting their
faces uniformly black with a mixture
of soot and grease, a covering which is
said to prevent snow-blindness In the
winter and to be a protection In sum
mer against the mosquitoes. Some
have only the upper part of their faces
painted, and the black part terminates
In a straight line, giving the effect of
a half-mask. At the time of our ar
'rival the Indians were engaged very
busily in catching and drying a small
fish. This fish Is very oily, and when
dried can be lighted at one end and
used as a candle; and for this purpose
It is stored away against the long win
ter night.
Oram of the Klondike,
“Although there are very few peo
ple in the country, one la continually
surprised at first by perceiving a soli
tary white tent standing on some prom
inent point or cliff which overlooks
the river. At first this looks cheerful,
and we sent many a hearty hall across
the water to such habitations; but, our
calls were never answered, for these
are not dwellings of the living but of
the dead. Inside each of these tents,
which are ordinarily made of white
cloth, though sometimes of woven
matting. Is a dead Indian, and near
him are laid his rifle, snowshoes, orna
ments and other personal effects- I do
not think the custom of leaving these
HIGH SUMMER IN THE CHILKOOT PASS.
go extreme fatigue for any limited
period. At this time, however, the
trail was so bad, on account of the soft
ening of the snows in the hot June
sun, that they concluded to strike for
higher wages. This was the cause of
some little delay for us.
Once we saw the Siwash safely start
ed with their packs, we set out our
selves, at about 6 o'clock in the after
noon. At this time of year the trip {
is usually timed by the Indians, so
that the deepest snow will be crossed
between 12 o'clock at midnight and 3
in the morning; for in these hours a
crust forms, which in daytime is soft
ened by the warm sun. Our way soon
led us on to a glacier-like field of snow,
which often sounded hollow to our
feet as we trod, and at Intervals we
could hear the water rushing beneath.
The grade became steep, and the fog
closed around us thickly, joining with
the twilight of the Alaska June night
to make a peculiar obscurity which
gave things a weird, ghostly appear
ance. As we toiled up the steep in
cline of hardened snow, those ahead of
Us looked like huge giants; while those
on whom we looked down were ugly,
sprawling dwarfs.
All the rest of the climb was over
snow, the ascent being very steep,
with cliffs on all sides, which loomed
up gigantic and ghostly. It is im
possible to describe the effect pro
duced by these bare, jagged rocks ris
ing out of the snow field, in the silence,
the fog and the twilight. We were
forcibly reminded of some of Dore's
imaginative drawings.
■ in iMr ■■■ ■ ■
DRIVING A BARGAIN WITH THE NATIVES.
articles at the graves implies any be
lief that they will be used by the dead
man in another world, but simply sig
nifies that he will have no more use
for the things which were so dear and
necessary to him in life—just as,
among ourselves, articles which have
been used by some dead friend are
henceforth laid aside and used' no long
er. ,
A Ballot Box That Coanta.
Something novel in the way of voting
machinery has recently been patented
in England by Arthur B. Collins, city
engineer of Norwich. The ballots are
printed on stiff paper or card, bound
up in books, each leaf being so perfor
ated that it can be. torn off like a check
from its stub. The voter goes into a
screened room, where he sees a row ot
boxes supported on a frame.
Each box bears the name and other
insignia of a party or a candidate. A
conspicuous indicator points the voter
to a slot in the box. Into this the bal
lot Is thurst without any marking or
folding, and after a few seconds it
falls through to a glass box, into which
all the other boxes discharge. An elec
tion official, on one side, and the voter
on the other, can both see the ballot
and be sure that it is all right; but the
official cannot tell by which route it
entered the glass-walled receptacle, and
therefore cannot tell how the man has
voted.
Just within the slot, in each ballot
box there is an inked roller and some
type, which print a number on the back
of the ballot. These numbers run in
succession. Consequently, they count
each party's vote as it is cast. Both
the type and the highest number on
the ballots, finally taken out, record
this, and. therefore, must agree when
the polls close. Each ballot, after re
maining an instant in the glass box for
inspection, drops still further, and goes
into a much bigger reservoir that is
sealed.
Deaf-Mute Miner*.
In the house of a deaf mute brother
and sister, William and Julia Barnes,
who have lived alone on a farm near
Columbus, Mo., an investigation com
mittee of neighbors found after the
death of the brother at 77 years,money
to the amount of $6,000 hidden about
in all sorts of places.
Nervousness, and Insomnia.
A PROMINENT FARMER OFXAN
SAS FINDS A CURE.
From the Capit.il, St. John, Kansas. • v
Hearing that J. H. Petwiler, a prosperous
fanner who resides about three miles east
of HI. John, Kansas, bad been using Hr.
Williams’ Pink Pills with marvelous bene*
licial results, a reporter of the Kansas City
Htar called upon him for an interview re
garding the matter. We found Mr. Det
wiler a tail, and apparently well preserved
man of seventy years. Upon on. interro
gating him concerning his use of Pink Pills
be gave us the following, and with his en
tire consent to its publication.
"1 had been troubled for several years
with extreme nervousness. At first ittftd
not prevent me from attending to tpy .farm
duties. About three years ago, however, I
tiegan to grow rapidly worse, then my
uigbts became sleepless, and I could not
sleep two hours in an entire night. I
came terribly affected too with indigestion.
1 became alarmed at my condition, and con
sulted a physician. One doctor tojd'ioe
the trouble was insomnia, and took bis
medicine for that, but without relief. An
other told me it was nervous prostration,
but bis medicine had no more affect than
the same amount of water. Finally, see
ing I>r. Williams' Pink Pills advertised,
and noticing particularly the testimony cf
a person who had been cured by them oi a
very similar disease to mine, 1 determined
lo try them. I called upon our local drug
gist, Mr. J. Stivers and procured a supply,
I tiegan taking them, and in a very snort
time my nervousness was less severe. After
I iiad given them a thorough trial, 1 found.,
uiyself entirely cured. 1 can now lie down
at. night and go to sleep without the slight- 1
est trouble. Furthermore the cure baa -,
been permanent, and 1 can recommend
Pink Fills to all who are afflicted as I was,
for their equal cannot be found.
Hr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing,
blood builder and nerve restorer, coring alT
forms of weakness arising from a watery '
condition of the blood or shattered hervcii.1 ’
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will lie
'sent post paid on receipt of price, SO cents
a 1k>x, or six boxes for *2.50 (they are never
sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing
Hr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y. '
Curiosity la one of the permanent
and certnln characteristics of n vigor
ous intellect.
. VV« can.all leave something behind
us that will increase the powers of
those who follow ua
Mrs. Winslow’s Soetatne Sms
For cli Wdren toothing .loftons tho rum*. rfdixti inflam
motion, ollo>a pain, cure* wind colic, ticca la nbottl*
Confide your vessel to the mercy of
the winda and waves, but not your
. heart to that of a woman, for the
Ocean is less perfidious than the prom
ise of a woman.
Ko-To-Bae for Fifty Conte,
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wash -
BOB strong, blood pure. Mo.ll. All druggists^, .
Mrs. Brooks—I Often wonder why
some folks go to church'. Mr *. Stream
—8o do I. Now, there’s Mrs. Short.
Why, she hasn’t had a new bonnet in
twelve months
$100 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 9100 FOR ANY CASS
Of Weakness In Men They Trent' wf
Fell to Core. ' rl '
An’ Omaha Company placet for the first
time before the public a Magical Treat
ment for the cure of boat Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual VVeakness, and Restoration of
Life Force In old and young men. Nt
I worn-out French remedy: contains n*
Phosphorous or other harmful drugs. It.ie
a Wonoekfi'i. Treatment—magical in iu
effects—positive in its cure. All readers,
who are suffering from a weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar to LoAt Man
noodjShould write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, Omaha, Neb., and they will
send yon absolutely FREE, a valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs
of their truly Magical Treatment.' Thous*
ends of men, who have lost all hope of a ”
• core, are being restored by them to a per? -
feet condition.
This Magical Treatment may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who ■
prefer to go there for treatment, If they
rail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions; Free Cure,
Free Sample, or C. O. D. fake. They have
•260,000 capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dollar;
or their charges may be deposited in a
bank to be paid to them whan, a cure, is
effected. Write them today.
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NO
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ACHI
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* fa
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attNohmonta for fancy
work, y*> Money in cji
mhm. Fr*eSOday trial, fh*
Eluui Altaks ftlt.SA to KMJO.
Boanlar prica $6010 $lf0. TIm#
Haidwn*, derakla Aryylts $19.00
to $19 50; r*rul«r price $40 to
MO. Tho Mavar Mala ¥«.
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This ad. will appear but once.
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discharges, inflammations,
irritations or ulcerations
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mi sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid, for
•l no, or 3 bottles, $2.75.
Circular sent on request.
W. N. U. OMAHA.-No. 38.-1807.
Whan writing to advertisers, kindly men
tlon tbls paper.
